Consciously choosing to marry those who do not know the true God will, in the long term, lead to our apostasy. Solomon evidently failed to appreciate the strength of God's warning about such wives: "Surely they will turn away your heart" (1 Kings 11:2; Ex. 34:16). Only an extraordinary level of self-control and intensity of repentance can make us exceptions to this rule.
Kwa kufahamu, kuchagua kuoa wale ambao hawamjui Mungu wa kweli, kwa muda mrefu, watatuongoza kwenye ukengeufu wetu. Solomoni ni dhahiri alishindwa kukubali onyo la nguvu za Mungu kuhusu wanawake hawa:"Hakika wataugeuza moyo wako"(1Fal. 11: 2; Kut. 34: 16). Usawa pekee wa ajabu wa kujiweza na nguvu ya mawazo ya toba inaweza kutufanya tusihesabiwe na amri hii .