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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: Interestingly enough, the law you point out was the law of jealousy for a man with his wife. There was no law of jealousy for a woman towards her husband. It was the woman on trial for adultery in this case. The husband suspected infidelity and this was to be a special test from Yahweh himself to prove or disprove her guilt. Yes, adultery is possible, the married woman somehow made her husband suspicious. But nowhere was a man called for adultery for taking more than one wife, nor was provision given for a jealous wife. |