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Polygamy
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Forbidden Deuteronomy 17:17Leviticus 18:18Malachi 2:14Malachi 2:15Matthew 19:4Matthew 19:5Mark 10:2–81 Timothy 3:21 Timothy 3:12Titus 1:6
- Authorized 2 Samuel 12:8
- Tolerated Exodus 21:101 Samuel 1:22 Chronicles 24:3
- Practiced by Job 27:15
- Lamech Genesis 4:19
- Abraham Genesis 16
- Esau Genesis 26:34Genesis 28:9
- Jacob Genesis 29:30
- Ashur 1 Chronicles 4:5
- Gideon Judges 8:30
- Elkanah 1 Samuel 1:2
- David 1 Samuel 25:39–442 Samuel 3:2–52 Samuel 5:131 Chronicles 14:3
- Solomon 1 Kings 11:1–8
- Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:18–23
- Abijah 2 Chronicles 13:21
- Jehoram 2 Chronicles 21:14
- Joash 2 Chronicles 24:3
- Ahab 2 Kings 10
- Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:15
- Belshazzar Daniel 5:2
- See 1CH 2:8
- Hosea Hosea 3:1Hosea 3:2
- Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in Deuteronomy 21:15–17
- Sought by women Isaiah 4:1
- The evil effects of
- Husband' s favoritism in Deuteronomy 21:15–17
- Jacob' s Genesis 29:30Genesis 30:15
- Elkanah' s 1 Samuel 1:5
- Rehoboam' s 2 Chronicles 11:21
- Domestic unhappiness
- In Abraham' s family Genesis 16Genesis 21:9–16
- In Jacob' s family Genesis 29:30–34Genesis 30:1–23
- In Elkanah' s family 1 Samuel 1:4–7
- With Solomon 1 Kings 11:4–8
- See Concubinage
- See Marriage