And multiplying wives would be dangerous because some of them could be from surrounding pagan nations that engaged in false worship, and those wives could turn the king aside from the true worship of Jehovah.
گرفتن زن‌های متعدد نیز این خطر را داشت که زن‌های قوم‌های بت‌پرست همسایه دل پادشاه را از پرستش پاک یَهُوَه منحرف سازند .‏