Among those instructions was one that stated: “[The king] should also not multiply wives for himself, that his heart may not turn aside. ”
( अनुवाद १७: १४, १७) या स्पष्ट सूचनेकडे दुर्लक्ष करून शलमोनाने सातशे बायका, व तीनशे उपपत्नी केल्या.