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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: You wrote: "I made no alterations to the text of the commentary except to leave out portions that were not relevant to the issue at hand." Again with the dishonesty! You left out a SINGLE clause which emphatically stated that polygamy was NOT condoned among laymen or overseers. How in the world can you try and make that out to be irrelevant to the issue at hand? You quoted everything around it, and did not even use ellipses to indicate that you had left anything out. The argument of the commentators rests squarely on the clause you left out, because what they were saying is that any anti-polygamy requirements for overseers would be superfluous. Again, where is the honesty here? You wrote: "The Biblical definition of adultery strictly defines it as a man desiring and/or having sexual relations with another man's wife." Is that so? "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." --Matthew 5:27-28 "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." --Matthew 19:9 No mention of another man's wife here. In fact, the last verse would seem to indicate most marriage after divorce (presumably to someone who was NOT already another man's wife) is adultery. --Joe! |