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


In Context

1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

2 of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, |You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.| Solomon joined to these in love.

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

4 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, 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 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 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.