Abijah married fourteen wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters. No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars.
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.
William Luck states that polygyny is not prohibited by the Bible and it would have been required if a married man seduced (Ex. 22) or raped (Deut. 22) a virgin, as long as her father did not veto the marriage.
Polygamy, therefore, tears down the Christ-exalting picture of one bride and one groom in marriage. Furthermore, the language of the New Testament explicitly states that marriage is between one man and one woman. Consider Ephesians 5:22-33, and take notice of the singular nouns—husband and wife.
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).
"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.
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.
According to the biblical account, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. The wives were described as foreign princesses, including Pharaoh's daughter and women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon and of the Hittites.
Muslim supporters of polygamy often cite Quran verse 4:3, which instructs men to take as many wives as they can take care of, up to four, and they also point out that the Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives.
Solomon's marriages were for political expediency … and perhaps for personal reasons as well. But these women brought to Israel their idols and heathen worship, which corrupted not only Solomon but the people also.
Biblically speaking, a second marriage can be blessed by God if certain conditions are met. In the Bible, polygamy was common in ancient times but was not endorsed or encouraged by God. When Christ came into the world, He set aside old teachings and brought with Him new laws that were centered around love and equality.
In the Bible, God promises Abraham a blessing in the form of land, children and inheritance. To claim it, Abraham and his wife, Sarah, who is barren, leave his native land for a place God has chosen. Later, Sarah proposes that Abraham take Hagar, an Egyptian slave, to be his second wife in hopes of having a child.
Although the Biblical gospels contain metaphorical references to Christ, saying he is a bridegroom, they mean he is married to the church and there is no reference to a real wife.
The Four Daughters of God are a personification of the virtues of Truth, Righteousness/Justice, Mercy, and Peace in medieval Catholic religious writing.
According to the aggadic tradition, Lamech took two wives, one for sexual pleasure and the other for procreation. One wife would be in his company adorned like a harlot, and he plied her with a drug that induced barrenness, so that she would not give birth; the other sat alone, like a widow.
All U.S. jurisdictions prohibit polygamy by invalidating marriages involving more than two spouses. State laws against bigamy—getting married to someone while still legally married to another person—are usually grounds for an annulment.
While polygamy - the marriage of more than one spouse at the same time - is one of the last remaining taboos of Western society, it is relatively common globally. Polygamy is legal in 58 out of 200 countries around the world, including across much of Africa and in many Middle Eastern states.
Rehoboam had 18 wives and 60 concubines. They bore him 28 sons and 60 daughters. His wives included Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse. His sons with Mahalath were Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
Despite having a harem of 100 wives, King Fon considers himself a modern king and told CNN – “To run a kingdom in this day and age, you have to be educated because things are moving very fast. As the saying goes, education is light, ignorance is darkness.” Long live the King.
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband.
Keturah, one of Abraham's three wives, with her children (right); Sarah and Isaac are in the center, Hagar and Ishmael are on the left.
A grateful Jethro gives Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage, despite their religious differences. They marry and have two sons, Gershom and Eliezer. A few years later, after God speaks to Moses through a burning bush, Moses sets out with his family to return to Egypt to free his people from slavery.
It is thought that she and her sons remained in Egypt with Moses until the Exodus. Then, they were sent ahead to tell Jethro about all of the things God had done for Moses and for the Israelites. Zipporah is mentioned for the last time when she, her sons, and her father join Moses at Mount Horeb (Exod. 18:5).