"And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart." v.3
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700 wives and 300 concubines. That's 1,000 women! Did he even know all their names? Did he have that many weddings? Did he ever sleep with the same woman twice? Solomon's love of women was his downfall. Something he lusted after so much and got what he wanted ultimately turned on him and caused him to turn from the Lord. These weren't just Israelite women (even though multiplying of any kind of wives was not what the Lord ever intended), but women of other nations that followed other gods. The Lord even commanded, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” And this they did as we read in the next verse, "For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David." How strong of power us women too can have with the power of sex over a man. When have you realized your love or lust of the opposite sex cause you to turn from the Lord? Have you ever used sex to control someone?
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