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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: Certainly a simple mention of an activity is not an endorsement of it Searcher. This is a bit different. Polygyny dates from at least the time of Lamech and continues to this very day even among Christians. Not one negative word is spoken despite it's widespread practice. All supposed negative mentions are in fact against excess, such as Kings gaining "many" wives as some translations say in Deuteronomy 17:17, or against obtaining foreign wives. Not one negative thing is said about merely a plural number of them. Ever. Even the restriction of an Elder to one wife is not a slap againts Polygyny, or if it is, you consequently have a negative view of women, merely for being women. Hugh |