Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

他也不可为自己多立妃嫔，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可为自己多积金银。

王不可为自己多立妃嫔，免得他的心偏离；也不可为自己多积金银。

王不可为自己多立妃嫔，免得他的心偏离；也不可为自己多积金银。

他不可拥有许多妃嫔，恐怕他的心会偏离耶和华，也不可为自己积蓄大量金银。

他也不可为自己加添妃嫔，恐怕他的心偏离了耶和华；也不可为自己积蓄极多的金钱。

他也不可為自己多立妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可為自己多積金銀。

王不可為自己多立妃嬪，免得他的心偏離；也不可為自己多積金銀。

王不可為自己多立妃嬪，免得他的心偏離；也不可為自己多積金銀。

他不可擁有許多妃嬪，恐怕他的心會偏離耶和華，也不可為自己積蓄大量金銀。

他也不可為自己加添妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏離了耶和華；也不可為自己積蓄極多的金錢。

王也不可為自己加多妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；他也不可為自己加多金銀到極多。

毋多置妃嬪、恐致心偏、毋廣積金銀、

王之嬪妃、不可加多、恐心昏迷、亦不得廣積金銀。

不可多有妃嬪、恐其心偏邪、亦不可廣積金銀、

He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

The king must not have many wives. If he does, they will lead him astray. He must not store up large amounts of silver and gold.

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will turn his heart away from the Lord. And he must not accumulate large amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women( besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.They came from nations about which the LORD had warned the Israelites,“ You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.He had 700 royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him.When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say,“ Who is the LORD?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

and said,‘ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail.His sixth son was Ithream, born to David’s wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.

Then he said to them,“ Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

“ Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.