Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
sin	חָטָֽא cha.ta'-	H2398	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
many	הָרַבִּים֩ ha.ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
nations	וּבַגּוֹיִ֣ם u.va.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
king	מֶ֜לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular absolute
beloved	וְאָה֤וּב ve.'a.Huv	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · conjunction + verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
God	לֵֽאלֹהָיו֙ le.lo.Hav	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹהִ֔ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
made	וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ vai.yi.te.Ne.hu	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
king	מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
him	גַּם gam-	H1571	properly · adverb
outlandish	הַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת ha.na.khe.ri.Yot	H5237	strange · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
women	הַנָּשִׁ֖ים ha.na.Shim	H802	a woman · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
sin	הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּ he.che.Ti.'u	H2398	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 11:1-8 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and…
1 Kings 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto…
Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from he…
2 Samuel 12:24-25 And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the…
2 Chronicles 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have…
2 Chronicles 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:23–end

We have here one instance more of Nehemiah's pious zeal for the purifying of his countrymen as a peculiar people to God; that was the thing he aimed at in the use of his power, not the enriching of himself. See here, I. How they had corrupted themselves by marrying strange wives. This was complained of in Ezra's time, and much done towards a reformation, Ezr 9:1-15 and 10. But, when the unclean spirit is cast out, if a watchful eye be not kept upon him, he will re-enter; so he did here. Though in Ezra's time those that had married strange wives were forced to put them away, which could not but occasion trouble and confusion in families, yet others would not take warning. Nitimur in vetitum -…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:25

cursed them--that is, pronounced on them an anathema which entailed excommunication. smote . . . and plucked off their hair--To cut off the hair of offenders seems to be a punishment rather disgraceful than severe; yet it is supposed that pain was added to disgrace, and that they tore off the hair with violence as if they were plucking a bird alive. Next: Esther Introduction

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon - Have you not had an awful example before you? What a heavy curse did Solomon's conduct bring upon himself and upon the people, for a conduct such as yours?

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?.... By marrying strange wives, by whom he was drawn into idolatry, 1 Kings 11:3, yet among many nations was there no king like him; as not for grandeur and riches, so not for wisdom, and yet was ensnared by his idolatrous wives: who was beloved of God; alluding to his name Jedidiah, which signifies beloved of the Lord, 2 Samuel 12:24 and God made him king over all Israel; which was a proof of his love to him, and so he was under the greater obligation to serve him, and him only, and yet his heart, through his wives, was turned after other gods: even him did outlandish women cause to sin; and if so great and wise a man was enticed by the…

Dictionary and topics

Hittites — Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes. (1.) The Semites, living on the east of the isthmus of Suez. They were nomadic and pastoral tribes. (2.) The…
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Persons in authority should denounce — Persons in authority should denounce
Ammonites · General references — General references
Ammonites, The · The Jews reprobated for intermarrying with — The Jews reprobated for intermarrying with
Backsliders · . — .
Divorce · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Wife · wives — wives
Woman · Frequently: Active in instigating to iniquity — Frequently: Active in instigating to iniquity

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 13:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:25

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:26

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:26

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 13:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:25

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:26

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:26

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 13:25-27

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 13:26-27

Rashi on Nehemiah 13:26