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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: Again, I am giving the LOGICAL consequence of the belief that requiremens for the office of elder amount to a prohibition of Polygyny. The reasoning behind such an argument is that the things required of an elder are all ideals and an example for all of us. Thus to be an elder you must be monogamous, that is something that is best and ideal. To be an elder you must also be a man, that is also ideal then, and to be a woman is less than that? I think it is only safe to conclude that if an elder must be monogamous, then an elder must be monogamous. As compared to Joash, David is a bit different. The passage regarding Joash narrowly frames the activities and participants. It says in sequence that Jehoiada, who MUST be considered an expert and a courageous man for the faith, GAVE HIM TWO WIVES. It then goes on to say that during Jehoiada's lifetime, Joash did RIGHT. This is so narrow and so specific that it leaves no room. Joash has two wives by the action of JEHOIADA, and during that man's lifetime, Joash is said to do RIGHT, there is in fact no record of sin that Joash commits during that time other than those of the High Places, recorded here, 2nd Kings 12:3: "Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places." Hugh |