when Solomon: 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 9:10, 1 Kings 14:21
his wives: 1 Kings 11:2; Deuteronomy 7:4, Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:26-27
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1 Kings 11:4
1 Kings 11:4
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