How many wives does God have?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshipped both Yahweh and Asherah.

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Which God has the most wives?

Number and names. Apart from his five principal wives, Krishna is described to have married several thousand women, he rescued from the demon Narakasura.

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What happened to God's wife?

Asherah as a tree symbol was even said to have been "chopped down and burned outside the Temple in acts of certain rulers who were trying to 'purify' the cult, and focus on the worship of a single male god, Yahweh," he added.

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Who was the woman with 7 husbands in the Bible?

8 Sarah had been married seven times, but the evil demon, Asmodeus, killed each husband before the marriage could be consummated. The servant woman said to Sarah, "You husband killer! Look at you! You've already had seven husbands, but not one of them lived long enough to give you a son.

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Is Sarah the daughter of Jesus?

Some authors, taking up themes from the pseudohistorical book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, suggest that Sarah was the daughter of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.

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Why Did God Allow Some Men to Have Multiple Wives in the Old Testament?

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Did Jesus ever marry?

"Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married, even though no reliable historical evidence exists to support that claim," King said in a press release.

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What is Jesus real name?

Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.

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Who had 14 wives in the Bible?

Abijah married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.

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Who had 700 wives in the Bible?

Article. Solomon, third king of Israel (reigned c. 968–928 B.C.E.), is said to have had a harem that included 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kgs 11:3). His wives were to have included the daughter of Pharaoh, as well as women of Moabite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite origins (1 Kgs 7:8; 11:1).

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What is God's real name?

Jehovah (/dʒɪˈhoʊvə/) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה‎ Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

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Why did God create a wife?

God loved Adam and wanted him to be complete. - God knew that Adam wouldn't continue to be happy if he remained alone. - Because God loved Adam and wanted what was best for him, he decided to make a wife for him.

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Did God originally have a wife?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshipped both Yahweh and Asherah.

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Which God had 100 wives?

Yes, Sri Krishna had 16, 108 wives as per Srimad Bhagavatam. You may find negative comments where Krishna is shown as a playboy by giving a false explanation of his 16,108 wives.

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Which Indian god has 2 wives?

Vishnu has two wives, Sri-devi and Bhudevi. Sri-devi is the goddess of intangible wealth and Bhu-devi, the goddess of tangible wealth. Vishnu has two wives, Sri-devi and Bhudevi.

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Who had 100 husbands?

“She who has a 100 husbands” Can you guess who/what I'm referring to? “Shatavari” (शतावरी) also known as Narayani (नारायनी), a species of asparagus from India.

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Can a man marry more than one wife?

Polygamy exists in three specific forms: Polygyny, where a man has multiple simultaneous wives. Polyandry, where a woman has multiple simultaneous husbands. Group marriage, where the family unit consists of multiple husbands and multiple wives of legal age.

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Did Moses have 2 wives?

Miriam and Aaron were jealous because Moses had two wives and because more of his attention would have been taken by the newly married woman. It is not unusual in an African setting for relatives and friends to be jealous when husbands are too occupied with two or three wives.

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Did the Bible allow multiple wives?

Though the Bible does not specifically forbid having multiple wives or husbands, it is not God's original plan. The Lord's expectation for marriage is that it be held as a sacred covenant between one man and one woman.

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Who married her daughter in the Bible?

Rehoboam, son of Solomon and Naamah, married Maacah daughter of Absalom.

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Who had 55 wives?

Brigham Young (1801–1877), second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early Latter Day Saint movement, marrying a total of fifty-six wives during his lifetime.

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Who was the first wife in the Bible?

Lilith was the first wife of Adam according to Jewish folklore. This fills a gap in the two accounts of creation in Genesis.

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What language did Jesus speak?

Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.

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What religion was Jesus?

He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues. He preached from Jewish text, from the Bible.

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How tall was Jesus?

He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in. (166 cm) tall, the average man's height at the time.

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