Polygamy: Forbidden

Deu 17:17; Lev 18:18; Mal 2:14, 15; Mat 19:4, 5; Mar 10:2-8; 1Ti 3:2, 12; Tts 1:6

Polygamy: Authorized

2Sa 12:8

Polygamy: Tolerated

Exd 21:10; 1Sa 1:2; 2Ch 24:3

Polygamy: 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; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8.

Hosea,

Hsa 3:1, 2.

Polygamy: Mosaic Law Respecting the Firstborn In

Deu 21:15-17

Polygamy: Sought by Women

Isa 4:1

Polygamy: 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 infelicity (unhappiness), in Abraham's family,

Gen 16; 21:9-16;

Jacob's,

Gen 29:30-34; 30:1-23;

Elkanah's,

1Sa 1:4-7.

Upon Solomon,

1Ki 11:4-8.

Polygamy: Reference Concerning

See CONCUBINAGE; MARRIAGE