1 Kings 11:2 meaning and explanation
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
1 Kings 11:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator pauses to explain why Solomon's marriages were a problem. The law had warned Israel against intermarrying with the surrounding nations, not out of ethnic prejudice but because those marriages would pull hearts toward other gods (Deuteronomy 7:3-4).
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