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Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. 1 Kings 11:1 NLT
Everyone knows about Solomon’s biggest sin: loving an unending string of foreign wives. Unlike his father, Solomon’s sin was deeply rooted, blatant, prolific, all-consuming, and unconfessed—to the very end.
The man renowned for his wisdom and wealth ended up leaving a kingdom about to collapse, and set in motion wicked, destructive practices for which both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah would be destroyed and exiled. So fearful was Solomon’s biggest sin—and resultant misery—that it struck fear in men long after the Babylonian captivity (Nehemiah 13:25-26).
By comparing today’s key verse with 1 Kings 3:1 and 1 Kings 14:21 and 1 Kings 14:31, it becomes apparent that Solomon loved foreign women before he became king, and married one or more before forming a marriage alliance with Pharaoh by marrying his daughter. Solomon’s son Rehoboam, who reigned after Solomon’s death, was born of an Ammonite woman about a year prior to Solomon taking the throne.
Solomon’s biggest sin began in his youth, and ran its full course unabated even though twice God had appeared to him, exhorting Solomon to obey His commands. What sin, perhaps long entrenched and scarcely recognized, still embraces men’s hearts today?
Prayer: Lord, I repent of the “foreign wives” I love. I don’t want them drawing me away from You. I turn away from them, and turn back to You. Forgive me, free me, and release me from their grip.
Everyone knows about Solomon’s biggest sin: loving an unending string of foreign wives. Unlike his father, Solomon’s sin was deeply rooted, blatant, prolific, all-consuming, and unconfessed—to the very end.
The man renowned for his wisdom and wealth ended up leaving a kingdom about to collapse, and set in motion wicked, destructive practices for which both the kingdoms of Israel and Judah would be destroyed and exiled. So fearful was Solomon’s biggest sin—and resultant misery—that it struck fear in men long after the Babylonian captivity (Nehemiah 13:25-26).
By comparing today’s key verse with 1 Kings 3:1 and 1 Kings 14:21 and 1 Kings 14:31, it becomes apparent that Solomon loved foreign women before he became king, and married one or more before forming a marriage alliance with Pharaoh by marrying his daughter. Solomon’s son Rehoboam, who reigned after Solomon’s death, was born of an Ammonite woman about a year prior to Solomon taking the throne.
Solomon’s biggest sin began in his youth, and ran its full course unabated even though twice God had appeared to him, exhorting Solomon to obey His commands. What sin, perhaps long entrenched and scarcely recognized, still embraces men’s hearts today?
Prayer: Lord, I repent of the “foreign wives” I love. I don’t want them drawing me away from You. I turn away from them, and turn back to You. Forgive me, free me, and release me from their grip.
