3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.


In Context

1 But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;

2 of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these Solomon was attached in love.

3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

4 And it came to pass when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

5 And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.