1 Kings 11:1 WEB

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

THE APOSTASY; THE REJECTION; AND THE DEATH OF SOLOMON - HIS APOSTASY"Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

1 Kings 11:1. Together with the daughter of Pharaoh— Pharaoh's daughter, as we have before remarked, is generally supposed to have been a proselyte to the Jewish religion, and therefore Solomon incurred no fault in marrying her. But in marrying so many women besides, and these of a different religion, he committed two sins against the law; one in multiplying wives, and another in marrying those of strange nations, who still retained their idolatry. And therefore the wise son of Sirach, amidst... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

1, 2. But King Solomon loved many strange women—Solomon's extraordinary gift of wisdom was not sufficient to preserve him from falling into grievous and fatal errors. A fairer promise of true greatness, a more beautiful picture of juvenile piety, never was seen than that which he exhibited at the commencement of his reign. No sadder, more humiliating, or awful spectacle can be imagined than the besotted apostasy of his old age; and to him may be applied the words of Paul ( :-), of John... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Solomon’s foreign wives 11:1-8The writer’s condemnation of Solomon in 1 Kings 11:1-2 rests on Deuteronomy 23:3-9 as well as Deuteronomy 7:3-4. The phraseology goes back to Deuteronomy 23:3-9 and the motive to Deuteronomy 7:3-4 (cf. Exodus 23:31-33; Exodus 34:15-16; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 13:26). Solomon’s foreign wives were of two categories: Canaanites prohibited in Deuteronomy 7, and women from other nations prohibited in Deuteronomy 23. [Note: See Shaye Cohen, "Solomon and the Daughter of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-43

4. Solomon’s apostasy ch. 11The writer brought Solomon’s weaknesses and sins, to which he only hinted previously, into the light in this chapter. Solomon had sown some seeds of departure from God and His Word early in his reign. They bore bitter fruit as he grew older. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Solomon’s Errors and their Consequences. His DeathThis chapter furnishes an account of Solomon’s marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration of idolatry, which provoked the Lord’s anger. This was manifested in the growth of opposition abroad and disaffection at home, so that an otherwise brilliant reign had a cloudy ending.3. Seven hundred wives] The Persian king Darius Codomannus is said to have had, besides his own wife, 329 concubines. 4.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1

(1) Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites.—The first three of these races were kindred to Israel and of the stock of Abraham, and were now among the subjects of Solomon; the last two were of the old Canaanitish stock, and were now inferior allies. To the last alone properly attached the prohibition of the Law (Exodus 34:12-16; Deuteronomy 7:3-4); but the reason on which that prohibition was grounded was now equally applicable to the others; for they also had fallen into the worship... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1-8

(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 3:2-5; 2 Samuel 15:16), marking perhaps the characteristic temperament of voluptuousness, which seduced him into his great sin; but it was carried out by Solomon on a scale corresponding to the magnificence of his kingdom, and probably had in his case the political object of alliance with neighbouring or tributary kings. We... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Solomon and Toleration 1 Kings 11:6-8 I. There is a proverb that tells us that 'no one became thoroughly bad all at once,' 'Nemo repente fit turpissimus'. And so it was with Solomon; as the stream of his career sweeps by us in Holy Scripture, windows, as it were, are opened for us through which we gaze out on that sunny flood, so full of promise, carrying on its bosom such rich opportunities and varied treasures, and we note that as it gets wider it loses its pure beauty, as it gets deeper it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-13

THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON1 Kings 11:1-13"That uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul."- MILTON, Paradise Lost."Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin by these things?"- Nehemiah 13:26"That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished."- #/RAPC Wisdom of Solomon 11:15.SOLOMON had endeavored to give a one-sided development to Israelitish nationality, and a development little in accord with the highest and... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 11:1-43

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 11:1-8

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 11:1-43

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:1-13

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