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


In Context

1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter-Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.

2 They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.

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

4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites.

1st Kings 11:3 in Other Translations

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 Darby 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 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.