- Forbidden De 17:17; Le 18:18; Mal 2:14,15; Mt 19:4,5; Mr 10:2-8; 1Ti 3:2,12; Tit 1:6
- Authorized 2Sa 12:8
- Tolerated Ex 21:10; 1Sa 1:2; 2Ch 24:3
- Practiced by Job 27:15
- Lamech Ge 4:19
- Abraham Ge 16
- Esau Ge 26:34; 28:9
- Jacob Ge 29:30
- Ashur 1Ch 4:5
- Gideon Jud 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 Da 5:2
- See 1Ch 2:8
- Hosea Ho 3:1,2
- Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in De 21:15-17
- Sought by women Isa 4:1
- The evil effects of Husband' s favoritism in De 21:15-17 Jacob' s Ge 29:30; 30:15 Elkanah' s 1Sa 1:5 Rehoboam' s 2Ch 11:21
- Domestic unhappiness In Abraham' s family Ge 16; 21:9-16 In Jacob' s family Ge 29:30-34; 30:1-23 In Elkanah' s family 1Sa 1:4-7
- With Solomon 1Ki 11:4-8
- See CONCUBINAGE
- See MARRIAGE
Nave’s Topical Bible
Polygamy
Nave’s Topical Bible, Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.