³ He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,^(A) and his wives led him astray.^{(B) 4} As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,^(C) and his heart was not fully devoted^(D) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

²⁶ Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him.^(A) He was loved by his God,^(B) and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.^(C)