Meaning
Polygamy Forbidden
Deu 17:17; Lev 18:18; Mal 2:15; Mat 19:5; Mar 10:8; 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 3:12; Tit 1:6
Authorized
2Sa 12:8
Tolerated
Exo 21:10; 1Sa 1:2; 2Ch 24:3
Practiced:
- General references
Job 27:15
- By Lamech
Gen 4:19
- By Abraham
Gen 16
- By Esau
Gen 26:34; Gen 28:9
- By Jacob
Gen 29:30
- By Ashur
1Ch 4:5
- By Gideon
Jdg 8:30
- By Elkanah
1Sa 1:2
- By David
1Sa 25:44; 2Sa 3:5; 2Sa 5:13; 1Ch 14:3
- By Solomon
1Ki 11:8
- By Rehoboam
2Ch 11:23
- By Abijah
2Ch 13:21
- By Jehoram
2Ch 21:14
- By Joash
2Ch 24:3
- By Ahab
2Ki 10:1
- By Jehoiachin
2Ki 24:15
- By Belshazzar
Dan 5:2; 1Ch 2
by Hosea
Hos 3:2
Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in
Deu 21:17
Sought by women
Isa 4:1
The evil effects of:
- Husband's favoritism in:
b General references
Deu 21:17
b Jacob's
Gen 29:30; Gen 30:15
b Elkanah's
1Sa 1:5
b Rehoboam's
2Ch 11:21
- Domestic infelicity:
b in Abraham's family
Gen 16; Gen 21:16
b in Jacob's family
Gen 29:34; Gen 30:23
b in Elkanah's family
1Sa 1:7
- Upon Solomon
1Ki 11:8
Concubinage; Marriage
