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Verse 1 Kings 11:3. _HE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, PRINCESSES_] How he
could get so many of the blood royal from the different surrounding
nations, is astonishing; but probably the daughters of _nobleme...
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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
number of Solomon’s legitimate wives is said to be sixty, a...
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7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF
DISRUPTION
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_
2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14)
3. Rezon the...
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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 the...
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CHILDREN. sons....
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_seven hundred wives, princesses_ The numbers in this verse are far in
excess of those in the Song of Solomon, which makes mention (1 Kings
6:8) of threescore queens. But from the instances known of o...
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SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, &C.— Without knowing the customs of the princes
of the East, their pomp, and sumptuousness of living, one might be
tempted to wonder of what possible use was this multitude of wiv...
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I. SOLOMON'S TRANSGRESSIONS 11:1-13
TRANSLATION
(1) And King Solomon loved many strange women, even Pharaoh's
daughter, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian and Hittite women (2)
from the nations of...
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_AND HE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, PRINCESSES, AND THREE HUNDRED
CONCUBINES: AND HIS WIVES TURNED AWAY HIS HEART._
Wives, princesses. They were probably, according to an existing
custom, the daughters...
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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 of i...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS
V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the
daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
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(1-8) The defection of Solomon is distinctly traced to his polygamy,
contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is
also attributed to David (see 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 15:16), marki...
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וַ יְהִי ־לֹ֣ו נָשִׁ֗ים שָׂרֹות֙
שְׁבַ֣ע מֵאֹ֔ות וּ פִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים
שְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵאֹ֑ות וַ יַּטּ֥וּ נָשָׁ֖יו...
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THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON
1 Kings 11:1
"That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair
idolatresses, fell To idols foul."
- MILTON, Paradise Lost.
"Did not Solomon, king of Israel, s...
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A HEART TURNED AWAY FROM GOD
1 Kings 11:1
The practice of mixed marriages was in direct violation of the divine
Law, Deuteronomy 7:3, and it led to idolatry. All around the Holy City
arose heathen te...
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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 enterprise...
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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....
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Concubines, or secondary wives. (Haydock) --- Those who have any sense
of modesty, can hardly read this without blushing. (Salien) ---
Solomon was guilty not only of intemperance, but also of a
transg...
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(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 surely they will turn away your heart after their go...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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AND HE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, PRINCESSES, AND THREE HUNDRED
CONCUBINES,.... In all 1000, a prodigious number; though these might
not be all for use, but for state after the manner of the eastern
mon...
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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 wives._] _Numerum effraenem._ Fewer
they were by far a...
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1 Kin. 11:3. "And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines." Solomon could not but know the law of Moses, in
which it is prescribed concerning the king, Deuteronomy 17:16....
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_He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines_
This was multiplying them prodigiously indeed, and pouring contempt on
the divine prohibition in the most notorious manner. David...
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1 Solomons wiues and concubines.
4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry.
9 God threatneth him.
14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt,
23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
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Solomon's Love of Women and Idolatry...
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MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY
(vs.1-13)
Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with
foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and
Hittites (v.1...
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1-8 There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human
depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon
became a public worshipper of abominable idols! Probably he by...
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SEVEN HUNDRED WIVES, AND THREE HUNDRED CONCUBINES; partly for his
lust, which being indulged, becomes infinite and unsatiable; and
partly from his pride, accounting this a point of honour and
magnific...
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1 Kings 11:3 seven H7651 hundred H3967 wives H802 princesses H8282
three H7969 hundred H3967 concubines H6370 wives H802 away H5186
(H8686) heart H3820
seven hundred - Judges 8:30-31, Judges 9:5; 2 S...
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SOLOMON THROWS HIMSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO IDOLATRY BECAUSE OF HIS
WIVES (1 KINGS 11:1).
Solomon's obsession with his own glory inevitably resulted in his
beginning to feel that he was so great that...
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CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam.
Death of Solomon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram,
Ahijah.
CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down...
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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 they...
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_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
of...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have
been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the
inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy....
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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 (see
previ...
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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 which are...
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Chapter eleven.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites (1 Kings 11:1);
Now turn back f...
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2 Chronicles 11:21; 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 5:13; Ecclesiastes 7:28;
Judges 8:30; Judges 8:31; Judges 9:5...
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Seven hundred wives, &c. — God had particularly forbidden the kings
to multiply either horses or wives, Deuteronomy 17:16, we saw 1 Kings
10:29, how he broke the former law, multiplying horses: and he...