1 King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, there were women from the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. 2 They were from the nations that the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, for they will undoubtedly convince you to worship their gods." Yet Solomon because of his love for women held on to them. 3 He had seven hundred wives of noble birth and three hundred concubines. His wives did convince him to turn away from the Lord.
4 As Solomon grew old, his wives led him to follow other gods, and he did not commit himself wholeheartedly to the Lord as his father David had done.