1 Kings 11:2 References
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from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, "aYou shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.
a Exodus 23:31-33, Exodus 34:12-16, Deuteronomy 7:3
Exodus 23
31
"aI will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; bfor I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will cdrive them out before you.
33
"aThey shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, bit will surely be a snare to you."
Exodus 34
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"aWatch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst.
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"aBut rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their bAsherim
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--for ayou shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--
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otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and asacrifice to their gods, and someone bmight invite you to eat of his sacrifice,
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and ayou might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.