1 Kings 11:1

1 Kings 11:1

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

a. NLT: Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.

b. NIV: King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.

c. YLT: And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, and of the Hittites,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: But King Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women—the^[a]daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

e. Septuagint: And king Solomon was a lover of women. And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites;

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: King Solomon loved many foreign women, in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1. “But king Solomon loved many strange women…”

a. king [4428 * melek] [Strong: from 4427; a king:--king, royal.]

b. Solomon [8010 * Shlomoh] [Strong: from 7965; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor:--Solomon.]

c. loved [157 * 'ahab; or Raheb] [Strong: a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.]

d. many [7227 * rab] [Strong: by contracted from 7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):--(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).]

e. strange  [5237 * nokriy] [Strong: from 5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful):--alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).]

f. women [802 * 'ishshah] [Strong: feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]

1). In the instructions that God gave to Moses, the king whoever he may be was not to have many wives.

a).  Deuteronomy 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

2). Obviously Solomon did not obey this commandment, and it is evident from the last verses in the passage that God had told Solomon about this.

a). 1 Kings 11:9, 10 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded.

3). As far as I know Nehemiah is the only Jewish leader recorded in Scripture who chastises Solomon for his fornication, and it is 5 centuries later.

a). Nehemiah 13:23-26 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

4). It must be said that although David also broke the commandment in Deuteronomy concerning many wives (He had at least 8 that are named but there were more wives and concubines), they did not lead his heart astray from serving God. Solomon did.

2. “…together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.”

a. together with [No Hebrew]

b. the daughter [1323 * bath] [Strong: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.]

c. Pharaoh [6547 * Par`oh] [Strong: of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings:--Pharaoh.]

d. women of [No Hebrew]

e. the Moabites [4125 *  Mow'abiy; feminine Mownabiyah; or Mowabiyth] [Strong: patronymical from 4124; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab:--(woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).]

1). The Moabite women persuaded Solomon to worship Chemosh (1 Kings 11:7).

f. Ammonites [5984 * `Ammowniy] [Strong: patronymically from 5983; an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish:--Ammonite(-s).]

1). The Ammonite women persuaded Solomon to worship Milcom (1 Kings 11:5), and Molech (1 Kings 11:7).

g. Edomites [130 * 'Edomiy; or (fully) aEdowmiy] [Strong: patronymic from 123; an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom:--Edomite.]

h. Zidonians [6722 * Tsiydoniy] [Strong: patrial from 6721; a Tsidonian or inhabitant of Tsidon:--Sidonian, of Sidon, Zidonian.]

1). The women who were Zidonians persuaded Solomon to worship Ashtoreth (! Kings 11:5)

i. Hittites [2850 * Chittiy] [Strong: patronymically from 2845; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth:--Hittite, Hittities.]