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A Predicted Downfall
Commentators explain that God's law against intermarriage came with a specific warning: "surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon's story is a tragic fulfillment of this prophecy. His decision to cling to these women in love, whether for political reasons or personal affection, led directly to the spiritual compromise God had explicitly forbidden.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 11:2
18th Century
Theologian
You shall not go in to them... - These words are not a quotation from the Pentateuch. They merely give the general meaning of the two passag…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 11:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
Solomon's falling away is distinctly traced to his polygamy, contracting numerous marriages with “strange women.” Polygamy is also attributed to Da…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 11:2
17th Century
Pastor
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the
children of Israel, you shall not go in to them, …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 11:1–8
17th Century
Minister
There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures than the one recorded here. Solomon became a pu…