1 Kin. 11:3. "And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three
hundred concubines." Solomon could not but know the law of Moses, in
which it is prescribed concerning the king, Deuteronomy 17:16. "But he
shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return
to Egypt, to the end th... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Kin. 11:5-7. It does not appear that Solomon did himself worship
these strange gods. But what his wives persuaded him to, was to build
high places for them to worship their gods in: he probably went after
other gods only as he honored them so far as to build places for their
public worship in the... [ Continue Reading ]