→ 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
→ 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
→ 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