Polygamy Forbidden
Deuteronomy 17:17; Leviticus 18:18; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:8; 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:12; Titus 1:6
Authorized
2 Samuel 12:8
Tolerated
Exodus 21:10; 1 Samuel 1:2; 2 Chronicles 24:3
Practiced:
- General references
Job 27:15
- By Lamech
Genesis 4:19
- By Abraham
Genesis 16
- By Esau
Genesis 26:34; Genesis 28:9
- By Jacob
Genesis 29:30
- By Ashur
1 Chronicles 4:5
- By Gideon
Judges 8:30
- By Elkanah
1 Samuel 1:2
- By David
1 Samuel 25:44; 2 Samuel 3:5; 2 Samuel 5:13; 1 Chronicles 14:3
- By Solomon
1 Kings 11:8
- By Rehoboam
2 Chronicles 11:23
- By Abijah
2 Chronicles 13:21
- By Jehoram
2 Chronicles 21:14
- By Joash
2 Chronicles 24:3
- By Ahab
2 Kings 10:1
- By Jehoiachin
2 Kings 24:15
- By Belshazzar
Daniel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 2
by Hosea
Hosea 3:2
Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in
Deuteronomy 21:17
Sought by women
Isaiah 4:1
The evil effects of:
- Husband's favoritism in:
b General references
Deuteronomy 21:17
b Jacob's
Genesis 29:30; Genesis 30:15
b Elkanah's
1 Samuel 1:5
b Rehoboam's
2 Chronicles 11:21
- Domestic infelicity:
b in Abraham's family
Genesis 16; Genesis 21:16
b in Jacob's family
Genesis 29:34; Genesis 30:23
b in Elkanah's family
1 Samuel 1:7
- Upon Solomon
1 Kings 11:8
Concubinage; Marriage