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Concubinage
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- LAWS CONCERNING Exodus 21:7–11Leviticus 19:20–22Deuteronomy 21:10–14
- Concubines might be dismissed Genesis 21:9–14
- Called WIVES Genesis 37:2Judges 19:3–5
- Children of, not heirs Genesis 15:4Genesis 21:10
- Practiced by
- Abraham Genesis 16:3Genesis 25:61 Chronicles 1:32
- Nahor Genesis 22:23Genesis 22:24
- Jacob Genesis 30:4
- Eliphaz Genesis 36:12
- Gideon Judges 8:31
- A Judges 19:1
- Caleb 1 Chronicles 2:46–48
- Manasseh 1 Chronicles 7:14
- Saul 2 Samuel 3:7
- David 2 Samuel 5:132 Samuel 15:16
- Solomon 1 Kings 11:3
- Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:21
- Abijah 2 Chronicles 13:21
- Belshazzar Daniel 5:2
- See Marriage
- See Polygamy