In First Kings, chapter eleven, verse two, Solomon’s possession of many wives not only ignored God’s commandment for kings not to make multiple wives in Deuteronomy seventeen, verse seventeen, but also transgressed God’s prohibition against marrying pagan wives from the Canaanites as in Exodus thirty-four, verse twelve through sixteen, and Joshua twenty-three, verses twelve to thirteen, respectively. Solomon fails to meditate carefully on the law of God, as in Deuteronomy seventeen, verse nineteen.
The error of Solomon speaks for itself about how his life went from being close to God to falling away from His commandments. The spiral from following the law to breaking it is due to Solomon’s preferences. The possession of many wives began the downfall. The love of so many strange women from Solomon was the root cause of his turning away from being godly to participating in ungodly activities. The first verse in chapter eleven of First Kings mentions the daughter of Pharoah, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.
Solomon did not know these strange women would lead him away to do unrighteous things because of the environments in which they came or brought up presented themselves. It is similar to meeting a stranger on the street who does not know them from Adam and starts carrying a conversation, inviting them to meet and greet their social circle. Solomon loves these women who came from ungodly environments and lifestyles that would either influence him or he impact them. However, the results speak about his life, even when he got older.
Believers today should not go into husbands or wives that do not serve God because their environments are ungodly. They serve other gods that are contrary to the Almighty Creator. Eventually, those ungodly lifestyles will hinder the children of God who desire to follow the Messiah. The spiritual battle is in the inner man: where a potential servant of God will try to live in both worlds and will not grow or gain any ground.