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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: Hello Don You stated: "When Jesus spoke on the issue of a man marrying his dead brother's wife in order to fulfill an obligation to provide an heir for the deceased brother, He said nothing against the fact that the Law made no mention that the living brother HAD to be single in order to take on that brother's widow as his own wife. He had every opportunity to address this alleged "weakness" in the Law, and yet He was completely silent about the issue of plural wives. Was He not smart enough to realize the implications of this? Certainly He knew the Law and its implications better than any man who has ever lived." Jesus didn't mention what was not pertinent to the matter at hand. His emphasis was on correcting the Sadducees' concept of the resurrection. "Moses did not have problems associated with his having two wives..." The problem came from Moses' siblings (Num 12:1). "(He had two more wives after Sarah's death)" I only know of Keturah (Gen 25:1). Who was the other? My generalization of OT examples may have been overstated. However, in attempting to put these examples together, I was struck that there were no NT examples and remarkably few after the Mosaic law was given. The decline in practice is a strong case in itself. Steve |