3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. …
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: …
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God , or devoted to God ; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (2 Sam. 12:25), Jedediah—beloved of the Lord . Lemuel is supposed to be a pretty, fond, endearing name, by which his mother used to call him; and so much did he value himself u…
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