1 Kings 11:2 (WEB)
of the nations concerning which the LORD 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.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“…nor shalt thou take a wife of his daughters to thy son; for they shall seduce your hearts to depart from your God, and to follow their gods and serve them.”” — editor's note: Deut. viii. 3; Exod. xxxiv. 16: cf. 1 Kings xi. 2.
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Jerome
“Wisdom used him to sing her praise, and he treated of all plants “from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall;” and yet he went back from God because he was a lover of women.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xi. 1–4.
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Aphrahat
“Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth, yet in the days of his old age his wives led his heart astray.” — editor's note: 1 Kin. xi. 1–4.
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Cross-references · 1
Leviticus 17:14 and 1 Kings 11:2 share the same wording (9 words).