11:2a These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites,

But those women belonged to the nations about which Yahweh had commanded the Israelites,
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Yahweh had given the Israelites a commandment about those people. He had said,
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Yahweh had commanded the people of Israel

11:2b “You must not intermarry with them,

“You (plur) must not marry them and they must not marry you.
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“You (plur) must not unite yourselves with those people in marriage.
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not to marry people from those ⌊foreign/pagan⌋ nations.

11:2c for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.”

For they will be sure to seduce/lure you to serve their gods.”
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⌊If you do,⌋ it is certain that they will persuade/influence you (plur) to worship their ⌊false⌋ gods.”
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He warned that they would certainly cause the Israelites to turn ⌊from him⌋ to their own ⌊false/pagan⌋ gods.

11:2d Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

Solomon insisted on loving these foreign women.
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Solomon was determined to marry any of these women whom he desired.
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However, these were the women whom Solomon chose to love.

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