But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
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Interpretation
There is not a more melancholy and astonishing instance of human depravity in the sacred Scriptures, than that here recorded. Solomon became a public worshipper of abominable idols!
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 11:1-5.
Glossary
- Ammon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- Edom Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
- Moab Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Sidon Place
- A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah ( Gen. 10:15 , 19). Modern identification: Sandikli archaeological site in Sidon.