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Solomon’s Foreign Wives

1 Kings 11:8

In 11 translations

BSB
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
KJV
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
WEB
So he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
ASV
And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
LSV
and so he has done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.
YLT
and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.
DBY
And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.Elohim
DRC
And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.
GNV
And so did he for all his outlandish wiues, which burnt incense and offered vnto their gods.
JPS
And so did he for all his foreign wives, who offered and sacrificed unto their gods.
LXXE11:7
And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכָל־נָשָׁ֖יו הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃
LXX-Br11:7
Καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησε πάσαις ταῖς γυναιξὶν αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις, αἳ ἐθυμίων καὶ ἔθυον τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν,

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◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:20–22No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:11–12Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
  • Hosea 4:11–12Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding. My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against…
  • Ezekiel 16:22–29And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood. Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to…

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  • 11:7 in some Bibles
  • 11:8 in most Bibles

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