Nehemiah 13:26 - Exposition

Did not Solomon … sin by these things? The example adduced was more apt than any other to move Jews. Israelites might have felt more deeply the case of Ahab ( 1 Kings 21:25 ). Solomon's sin in "going after strange wives," and its punishment, are set forth very fully in 1 Kings 11:1-40 . Among many nations there was no king like him . The reference is not so much to particular texts ( e.g. 1 Kings 3:13 ; 2 Chronicles 1:12 ) as to the general description of Solomon, his glory, and his greatness ( 1 Kings 4:1-34 .-10.; 2 Chronicles 1-9.), which set him above all other earthly monarchs. Who was beloved of his God . See 2 Samuel 12:24 . And God made him king over all Israel . See 1 Kings 4:1 .