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Bible in Basic English
The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.
New American Standard Bible
from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “
King James Version
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
Holman Bible
from the nations that the Lord had told the Israelites about, “Do not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn you away from Me to their gods.”
International Standard Version
all of them from nations that the LORD had ordered the Israelis, "You are not to associate with them and they are not to associate with you, because they will most certainly turn your affections away to follow their gods." Solomon became deeply attached to them by falling in love.
A Conservative Version
of the nations concerning which LORD said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave to these in love.
American Standard Version
of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
Amplified
from the very nations of whom the Lord said to the Israelites, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for the result will be that they will turn away your hearts to follow their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these in love.
Darby Translation
of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these Solomon was attached in love.
Julia Smith Translation
From the nations which Jehovah said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you: surely they will turn your heart after their gods: to these Solomon joined to love.
King James 2000
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clung unto these in love.
Lexham Expanded Bible
from the nations which Yahweh had said to the {Israelites}, "You shall not {marry them}, and they shall not {marry you}. They will certainly turn your heart after other gods." But Solomon clung to them to love.
Modern King James verseion
of the nations which Jehovah had said to the sons of Israel, You shall not go in to them, and they shall not go in to you; surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clung to these in love.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
even of nations of which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "See ye come not at them, nor let them come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless to such Solomon clave and fell in love with them.
NET Bible
They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.
New Heart English Bible
of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.
The Emphasized Bible
out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel - Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love.
Webster
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon cleaved to these in love.
World English Bible
of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon joined to these in love.
Youngs Literal Translation
of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, 'Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Exemplified
the Ammonites » Solomon intermarried with, and introduced idols of into israel
Evil » Associations » Results of » Apostasy
Fellowship » The evil of fellowship with the wicked exemplified » By solomon
Hittites » Intermarriages with, by » Solomon
Instability » Instances of » Solomon, in yielding to his idolatrous wives
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Lasciviousness » Instances of » Solomon
Marriage » The reward for marrying idolaters
Molech » Worshiped » By solomon » Solomon's wives
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Solomon, luxurious, and idolatrous
Solomon » His folly shown » In marrying heathen women
Solomon » Builds idolatrous temples
Women » Instances of » Solomon's wives, in their idolatrous and wicked influence over solomon
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 11:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Solomon's Foreign Wives
1 Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: 2 The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:16
Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.
Exodus 23:32-33
Make no agreement with them or with their gods.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4
Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.
Genesis 2:24
For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
Genesis 34:3
Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
Numbers 25:1-3
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
Joshua 23:12-13
For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
Judges 3:6-7
And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.
Judges 16:4-21
Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.
1 Kings 16:31-33
And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.
2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.
2 Chronicles 21:6
He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Ezra 9:12
So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
Ezra 10:2-17
And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.
Psalm 139:21
Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?
Malachi 2:11
Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.
Romans 1:32
Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
Revelation 2:4
But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.