Tanach
Melachim I 11:1-6 מלכים א י״א:א׳-ו׳
Part of: Chapter 11
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וְהַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה אָהַב נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּוֹת רַבּוֹת וְאֶת־בַּת־פַּרְעֹה מוֹאֲבִיּוֹת עַמֳּנִיּוֹת אֲדֹמִיֹּת צֵֽדְנִיֹּת חִתִּיֹּֽת׃
Shlomo ha Melech loved many foreign women and [especially] the daughter of Pharaoh; [among them were] Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Tsidonites and Chittites.
Shlomo ha Melech loved many foreign women and [especially] the daughter of Pharaoh; [among them were] Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Tsidonites and Chittites.
Rashi
מִן־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אָֽמַר־יְהֹוָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־תָבֹאוּ בָהֶם וְהֵם לֹא־יָבֹאוּ בָכֶם אָכֵן יַטּוּ אֶת־לְבַבְכֶם אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בָּהֶם דָּבַק שְׁלֹמֹה לְאַהֲבָֽה׃
They were from the nations of which Adonoy had said to the Bnei Yisroel, “You shall not go [marry] among them, and they shall not enter [marry] among you, for they will surely turn your hearts to go after their gods; they were the ones that Shlomo did cleave to love.
They were from the nations of which Adonoy had said to the Bnei Yisroel, “You shall not go [marry] among them, and they shall not enter [marry] among you, for they will surely turn your hearts to go after their gods; they were the ones that Shlomo did cleave to love.
וַיְהִי־לוֹ נָשִׁים שָׂרוֹת שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וּפִלַגְשִׁים שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת וַיַּטּוּ נָשָׁיו אֶת־לִבּֽוֹ׃
He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives swayed his heart.
He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines; and his wives swayed his heart.
וַיְהִי לְעֵת זִקְנַת שְׁלֹמֹה נָשָׁיו הִטּוּ אֶת־לְבָבוֹ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְלֹא־הָיָה לְבָבוֹ שָׁלֵם עִם־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו כִּלְבַב דָּוִיד אָבִֽיו׃
And in Shlomo’s old age, his wives turned his heart to go after foreign gods, and his heart was no longer whole with Adonoy, his God, like the heart of Dovid, his father.
And in Shlomo’s old age, his wives turned his heart to go after foreign gods, and his heart was no longer whole with Adonoy, his God, like the heart of Dovid, his father.
וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה אַחֲרֵי עַשְׁתֹּרֶת אֱלֹהֵי צִדֹנִים וְאַחֲרֵי מִלְכֹּם שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃
Shlomo followed after Ashtores, the god of the Tzodnites, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
Shlomo followed after Ashtores, the god of the Tzodnites, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹה הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהֹוָה וְלֹא מִלֵּא אַחֲרֵי יְהֹוָה כְּדָוִד אָבִֽיו׃ {ס}
And thus Shlomo did that which was evil in the eyes of Adonoy; and he was not completely devoted to Adonoy as was Dovid, his father.
And thus Shlomo did that which was evil in the eyes of Adonoy; and he was not completely devoted to Adonoy as was Dovid, his father.
ואת בת פרעה. אף היא מן הנכריות, אלא שהיתה חביבה עליו מכולם, מנאה לעצמה, וכן (שמואל ב ב ל): ויפקדו מעבדי דוד תשעה עשר איש ועשהאל:
And [especially] the daughter of Pharaoh. She too was one of the foreign women, but because she was beloved by him more than all of them, she was counted separately.1Alternatively, Pharaoh’s daughter is singled out because she was the cause for the beginning of Shlomo’s downfall.—Radak And similarly, “And there were missing of Dovid’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.”2II Shmuel 2:30.