“And Shlomo haMelech loved many foreign women, and along with Pharaoh’s daughter, women of the Moabites, Ammorites, Edomites, Tseidonites, and Hittites.” (Melachim 1, 11:1) All the power of the nations is in their women, and in particular in their princesses. Therefore he chose to gather the princesses of the nations in order to bring their power into the realm of Kedusha (holiness). “Moabites” is the power of eating and drinking. (See Mei HaShiloach, Parshat Beshalach, in the selection, “Over against it shall you encamp.”) Ammonites are the power of lust. The power of the Tseidonites is in their wealth. Hittites is the power of valor and strength. (These are apparently special revelations of the author. [Hagahot Peretz])
וְהַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה אָהַב נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת רַבּוֹת וְאֶת בַּת פַּרְעֹה. כִּי כָל כֹּחַ אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם בְּיוֹתֵר הוּא בִּנְקֵבוֹתֵיהֶם וּבִפְרָט בִּבְנוֹת הַמְּלָכִים, וּלְכָךְ בָּחַר לִיקַּח בְּנוֹת מְלָכִים כְּדֵי לְהַכְנִיעַ כָּל כֹּחוֹתָם תַּחַת הַקְּדֻשָּׁה, מוֹאָבִיּוֹת הוּא כֹּחַ אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה, עַמּוֹנִיּוֹת הוּא כֹּחַ הַתַּאֲוָה, צִידוֹנִיּוֹת כֹּחָם הוּא בְּמָמוֹן, חִתִּיּוֹת בְּכֹחַ וּגְבוּרָה.
“And Shlomo haMelech loved many foreign women, and along with Pharaoh’s daughter, women of the Moabites, Ammorites, Edomites, Tseidonites, and Hittites.” (Melachim 1, 11:1)
All the power of the nations is in their women, and in particular in their princesses. Therefore he chose to gather the princesses of the nations in order to bring their power into the realm of Kedusha (holiness). “Moabites” is the power of eating and drinking. (See Mei HaShiloach, Parshat Beshalach, in the selection, “Over against it shall you encamp.”) Ammonites are the power of lust. The power of the Tseidonites is in their wealth. Hittites is the power of valor and strength. (These are apparently special revelations of the author. [Hagahot Peretz])