1 Kings 11:4 (WEB)
When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father was.
Fathers and councils · 4
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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Tertullian
“Solomon, endowed by the Lord with all grace and wisdom, is led into idolatry, by women.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xi. 4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also concerning Solomon in the third book of Kings: “And foreign wives turned away his heart after their gods.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xi. 4. [Surely this principle is important in teaching fathers and mothers how to guard the social relations of children.]
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.63.
