1Kgs.11.3

1 Kings 11:3

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And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Solomon’s Foreign Wives

Solomon Turns from God

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Guidelines for a King

Administration of Justice

2 Samuel 5:13

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¶ And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

David’s Family Grows

David King over All Israel

Ecclesiastes 7:28

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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

The Limits of Human Wisdom

Wisdom and Folly Contrasted

Song of Solomon 6:8

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There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

Together in the Garden

Song of Solomon 6:9

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My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.