Text: 1 Kings 11:2-4
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 7:3-4
Subject: Solomon's foreign wives fulfill Deuteronomy's warning
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 7:3-4 prohibits intermarriage with the Canaanite nations with a specific reason clause: "for they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods" (כִּי־יָסִיר אֶת־בִּנְךָ מֵאַחֲרַי, ki yasir 'et binkha me'acharay). In 1 Kings 11:2-4, the narrator explicitly states that Solomon's foreign wives "turned his heart after other gods" (הִטּוּ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ, hittu 'et levavo), using language that deliberately echoes the Deuteronomic warning. The near-verbatim fulfillment of Moses' prediction demonstrates that the king was not exempt from Torah — Solomon's seven hundred wives accomplished precisely what Deuteronomy said foreign marriage would do.