And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

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He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,(A) and his wives led him astray.(B)

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For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods,(A) and his heart was not fully devoted(B) to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

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but in the end she is bitter as gall,(A)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.

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14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(A)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(B)

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