1 Kings 11:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

Young's Literal Translation
of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, ‘Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;’ to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.

King James Bible
Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

Hebrew
[These women were] from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֗ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

about which
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָה֩ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

had told
אָֽמַר־ (’ā·mar-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the Israelites,
בְּנֵ֨י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

“You must not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

intermarry
תָבֹ֣אוּ (ṯā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with them,
בָהֶ֗ם (ḇā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

for surely
אָכֵן֙ (’ā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 403: Firmly, surely, but

they will turn
יַטּ֣וּ (yaṭ·ṭū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

your hearts
לְבַבְכֶ֔ם (lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

after
אַחֲרֵ֖י (’a·ḥă·rê)
Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

their gods.”
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Yet Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

clung
דָּבַ֥ק (dā·ḇaq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to these [women]
בָּהֶ֛ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

in love.
לְאַהֲבָֽה׃ (lə·’a·hă·ḇāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 160: Love (noun)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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