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- Solomon, instead of seeking one rational, virtuous woman, had collected an immense multitude, of various countries and religions, for magnificence and indulgence; among whom, as might have been expected, he had not found one who was thoroughly faithful, upright, and pious. He here uses the language of a penitent, warning others of the errors into which he had been led; and not that of a wasphish satirist, lashing indiscriminately one half of the human species. "But kingª Solomonª lovedª° manyª strangeª women,ª together with¹ the daughterª of Pharaoh,ª women of the Moabites,ª Ammonites,ª Edomites,ª Zidonians,ª [and] Hittites;ª ... And he had¹ sevenª hundredª wives,ª princesses,ª and threeª hundredª concubines:ª and his wivesª turned awayª°¹ his heart.ª" {1Kg 11:1-3}
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