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NASB | 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God]. |
Subject: Does God endorse polygamy? |
Bible Note: "I think you may now see the weakness of the arguement you have presented." Not really, since all of the examples of "wife" (singular) I gave were in the New Testament, and you referred to Hebrew in your so-called "refutation." You keep saying that Hebrew and Greek are not number-specific in their nouns, but you have offered no support for such a statement with regard to Koine Greek. You also wrote: "For instance, when Proverbs instructs a man to raise his "son" (singular) in the ways of righteousness, does that mean that we are all limited to having only one son, or that only one of our sons is to be raised in the ways of righteousness?" No, but when Paul says that each man should have his own wife, and each wife her own husband (a reciprocal statement), that is putting a little more boundary on it than the verse you cite above. Either that, or polyandry is indeed implied in 1 Corinthians as a suitable option. The "I don't have time to respond" response kind of hurts my feelings, too, since your other posts indeed did NOT address the questions I raised (else I would not have raised them). Since you have written such long and flowing essays in the last several days on the subject, couldn't you do the same for little ol' me? I really would like you to address the specific substance of what I said, addressing the verses and points themselves rather than speaking in generalities. After all, if you have outwitted all of those big, bad, nationally-known Th.D.'s, a commoner like me should be quick work, right? :) --Joe! |