1 Kings 11:3

2 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 5:13-16; Ecclesiastes 7:28; Judges 8:30; Judges 8:31; Judges 9:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These numbers seem excessive to many critics, and it must be admitted that history furnishes no parallel to them. In Song of Solomon 6:8 the numb...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred (b) concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. (b) To whom belonged no dowry.
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....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. He had seven hundred wives, princesses...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seven hundred wives, &c.— Without knowing the customs of the princes of the East, their pomp, and sumptuousness of living, one might be tempted...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. Wives, princesses. They were p...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Seven hundred wives ] The Persian king Darius Codomannus is said to have had, besides his own wife, 329 concubines.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. — The harem of an Eastern king is simply an adjunct of his magnificence, and the relation of the...
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." - M...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1-43 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every...
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 , an...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings...
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 e...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) 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 s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines ,.... In all 1000, a prodigious number; though these might not be all for u...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. Ver. 3. And he had seven hundred wi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines This was multiplying them prodigiously indeed, and pouring contempt on the div...
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 Moa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Defection and Degeneracy. B. C. 983....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seven hundred wives, and three hundred concubines; partly for his lust, which being indulged, becomes infinite and unsatiable; and partly from his...
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 res...
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...
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 marr...
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 att...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S DEFECTION .—The observant reader will have already remarked in this history some intimations of Solomon's approaching fa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Love of Women and Idolatry
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, members of noble families, who added splendor to his court, and three hundred concubines, such an immen...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seven hundred wives, &c. — God had particularly forbidden the kings to multiply either horses or wives, Deuteronomy 17:16-17 , we saw 1 Kings...

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 11:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 11:3