3 Kings 11:8
And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Atque in hunc modum fecit universis uxoribus suis alienigenis, quæ adolebant thura, et immolabant diis suis.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 3 Kings 11:7
- καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησεν πάσαις ταῖς γυναιξὶν αὐτοῦ ταῖς ἀλλοτρίαις· ἐθυμίων καὶ ἔθυον τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְכֵ֣ן עָשָׂ֔ה לְכָל נָשָׁ֖יו הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹת לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXXVII
1. Among all the Songs entitled the Song of degrees, this Psalm hath a further addition in the title, that it is “Solomon’s.” For thus it is entitled, “A Song of degrees of Solomon.” It hath therefore aroused our attention, and caused us to enquire the reason of this addition, “of Solomon.” For it is needless to repeat explanations of the other words, Song of degrees.…Solomon was in his time David’s son, a great man, through whom many holy precepts and healthful admonitions and divine mysteries have been wrought by the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures. Solomon himself was a lover of women, and was rejected by God: and this lust was so great a snare unto him, that he was induced by women even to sacrifice to idols, as Scripture witnesseth concerning him. …