1 Kings 11:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; ”

• 1 Kings 11:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In noticing successively Solomon’s excessive accumulation of silver and gold 1 Kings 10:14-25 , his multiplication of horses 1 Kings 10:26-29 , and his multiplication of wives, the writer has in...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  But king Solomon loved many (a) strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites; (a) Who were idolaters.

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Sin of Solomon, and the Adversaries Raised up in Consequence. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form t...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  strange . foreign. Note the frequent reference to these in the Book of Proverbs. Note the three steps in Solomon's fall: wealth, weapons, and women. Compare Deuteronomy 17:16-17 , where note the it...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Many strange women - That is, idolaters; toget...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Together with the daughter of Pharaoh— Pharaoh's daughter, as we have before remarked, is generally supposed to have been a proselyte to the Jewish religion, and therefore Solomon incurred no fault...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; But king Solomon loved many strange wome...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon's Errors and their Consequences. His Death This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration o...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites. — The first three of these races were kindred to Israel and of the stock of Abraham, and were now among the subjects of Solomon; the last two wer...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON 1 Kings 11:1-13 "That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul." - MILTON, Paradise Lost. "Did not Solomon, king of I...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Heart Turned Away from God 1 Kings 11:1-13 The practice of mixed marriages was in direct violation of the divine Law, Deuteronomy 7:3-4 , and it led to idolatry. All around the Holy City aro...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterpris...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS A melancholy account is here given of Solomon's fall. His many wives and concubines, in his old age, lead him into idolatry. The Lord's displeasure. Solomon's chastisement, and death. An ac...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But King Solomon loved many strange women ,.... His love was a lustful and not a lawful one, and of women who were not only of foreign countries, but not his lawful wives, and these many: together...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites; Ver. 1. But king Solomon loved many strange...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  King Solomon loved many strange women It was not a fault in him that he married Pharaoh's daughter; she being a proselyte, as is generally supposed, to the Jewish religion. But in marrying so many...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittite...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. B. C. 983.       1 But king Solomon loved many strange wom...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  1 KINGS CHAPTER 11 Solomon's wives and concubines, which in his old age seduce him to idolatry, 1 Kings 11:1-8 . God threateneth him, 1 Kings 11:9-13 . His adversaries are, Hadad, who fleeth...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon Throws Himself Wholeheartedly Into Idolatry Because Of His Wives ( 1 Kings 11:1-8 ). Solomon's obsession with his own glory inevitably resulted in his beginning to feel that he was so grea...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE DECLINE OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 11:1 . But King Solomon loved many strange women —If importations of foreign luxuries and indulgences into his court (s...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 11:1 . Solomon loved many strange women, of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and t...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But King Solomon loved many strange women. Solomon’s sin A few years ago two paintings were exhibited in this country, which attracted wide attention. One of them represented Rome in the height...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S DEFECTION .—The observant reader will have already remarked in this history some intimations of Solomon's approaching fall. Among these are, first, the repeated warnings...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  But King Solomon loved many strange women, foreigners, non-Israelites, together with, that is, beside, the daughter of Pharaoh, who was his first wife, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites...

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• 1 Kings 11:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 11:8 ; 1 Kings 3:1 ; Deuteronomy 17:17 ; Genesis 6:2-5 ; Leviticus 18:18 ; Nehemiah 13:23-27 ; Proverbs 2:16 ; Proverbs 22:14 ; Proverbs 23:33 ; Proverbs 5:8-20 ; Proverbs 6:24 ;...

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