Polygamy
36 references
- Forbidden Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14,15; Matt. 19:4,5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2,12; Titus 1:6
- Authorized 2 Sam. 12:8
- Tolerated Exod. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3
- Practiced by Job 27:15
- Lamech Gen. 4:19
- Abraham Gen. 16
- Esau Gen. 26:34; 28:9
- Jacob Gen. 29:30
- Ashur 1 Chr. 4:5
- Gideon Judg. 8:30
- Elkanah 1 Sam. 1:2
- David 1 Sam. 25:39-44; 2 Sam. 3:2-5; 5:13; 1 Chr. 14:3
- Solomon 1 Kgs. 11:1-8
- Rehoboam 2 Chr. 11:18-23
- Abijah 2 Chr. 13:21
- Jehoram 2 Chr. 21:14
- Joash 2 Chr. 24:3
- Ahab 2 Kgs. 10
- Jehoiachin 2 Kgs. 24:15
- Belshazzar Dan. 5:2
- See 1CH 2:8
- Hosea Hos. 3:1,2
- Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in Deut. 21:15-17
- Sought by women Isa. 4:1
- The evil effects of
- Husband' s favoritism in Deut. 21:15-17
- Jacob' s Gen. 29:30; 30:15
- Elkanah' s 1 Sam. 1:5
- Rehoboam' s 2 Chr. 11:21
- Domestic unhappiness
- In Abraham' s family Gen. 16; 21:9-16
- In Jacob' s family Gen. 29:30-34; 30:1-23
- In Elkanah' s family 1 Sam. 1:4-7
- With Solomon 1 Kgs. 11:4-8
- See Concubinage
- See Marriage
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.