POLYGAMY
Forbidden DEU 17:17; LEV 18:18; MAL 2:14,15; MAT 19:4,5; MRK 10:2-8; 1TI 3:2,12; TIT 1:6
Authorized 2SA 12:8
Tolerated EXO 21:10; 1SA 1:2; 2CH 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 1CH 4:5
Gideon JDG 8:30
Elkanah 1SA 1:2
David 1SA 25:39-44; 2SA 3:2-5; 5:13; 1CH 14:3
Solomon 1KI 11:1-8
Rehoboam 2CH 11:18-23
Abijah 2CH 13:21
Jehoram 2CH 21:14
Joash 2CH 24:3
Ahab 2KI 10
Jehoiachin 2KI 24:15
Belshazzar DAN 5:2
See 1CH 2:8
Hosea HOS 3:1,2
Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in DEU 21:15-17
Sought by women ISA 4:1
The evil effects of
Husband' s favoritism in DEU 21:15-17
Jacob' s GEN 29:30; 30:15
Elkanah' s 1SA 1:5
Rehoboam' s 2CH 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 1SA 1:4-7
With Solomon 1KI 11:4-8
See CONCUBINAGE
See MARRIAGE
