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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: Ex. 21:10 says, "If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish." Now, if one cannot observe that God obviously had no problem with a man having more than one wife, then He CERTAINLY would not have made governeing allowance that, as you said, ensured that the first wife would still be cared for. If God was against a man having more than one wife, then 1) this verse would either not exist at all, or 2) God would have condemned a man having plural wives in this verse without worrying about governing how the first was to be treated, AND He certainly would NEVER have given king David several more on top of what he already had. There is no reason to rehash the "mia" debate since it is a dead end street when all my comments concerning this issue are taken out of context or completely ignored. I did not see any mention of the new Jerusalem in the entire chapter of Revelation 19 when speaking of the Bride of Christ. Rev. 21:2 says, "...prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband..." There is not indication of this bride being the same as the Bride of Christ. However, verses 9-11 do make for a compelling case in your favor. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I had never really studied it before. One thing I will point out is that city STILL had FOUR walls, nit just one. ;) Thanks Don |