Adam Clarke on Deuteronomy 17:17
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Deuteronomy17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives - For this would necessarily lead to foreign alliances, and be the means of introducing the manners and customs of other nations, and their idolatry also. Solomon sinned against this precept, and brought ruin on himself and on the land by it; see 1Kgs 11:4.
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