1 Kings 11:3
1 Kings 11:3 King James Version (KJV)
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
1 Kings 11:1-5 The Message (MSG)
King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh’s daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite. He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of which GOD had clearly warned Israel, “You must not marry them; they’ll seduce you into infatuations with their gods.” Solomon fell in love with them anyway, refusing to give them up. He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines—a thousand women in all! And they did seduce him away from God. As Solomon grew older, his wives beguiled him with their alien gods and he became unfaithful—he didn’t stay true to his GOD as his father David had done. Solomon took up with Ashtoreth, the whore goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the horrible god of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
1 Kings 11:3 New Century Version (NCV)
He had seven hundred wives who were from royal families and three hundred slave women who gave birth to his children. His wives caused him to turn away from God.
1 Kings 11:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
1 Kings 11:3 New International Version (NIV)
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.
1 Kings 11:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
1 Kings 11:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].