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PolygamyNAVE'S
Forbidden Deuteronomy 17:17 · Leviticus 18:18 · Malachi 2:14,15 · Matthew 19:4,5 · Mark 10:2-8 · 1 Timothy 3:2,12 · Titus 1:6
Authorized 2 Samuel 12:8
Tolerated Exodus 21:10 · 1 Samuel 1:2 · 2 Chronicles 24:3
Practiced by Job 27:15
Lamech Genesis 4:19
Abraham Genesis 16
Esau Genesis 26:34 · Genesis 28:9
Jacob Genesis 29:30
Ashur 1 Chronicles 4:5
Gideon Judges 8:30
Elkanah 1 Samuel 1:2
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 1 Chronicles 2:8
Hosea Hosea 3:1,2
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 29:30 · Genesis 30:15
Elkanah' s 1 Samuel 1:5
Rehoboam' s 2 Chronicles 11:21
Domestic unhappiness
In Abraham' s family Genesis 16 · Genesis 21:9-16
In Jacob' s family Genesis 29:30-34 · Genesis 30:1-23
In Elkanah' s family 1 Samuel 1:4-7
With Solomon 1 Kings 11:4-8
See also: Concubinage
See also: Marriage
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.