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

Bible Comments

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 items in which Solomon failed.

1 Kings 11:1

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