(From Nave's Topical Bible)
-Forbidden Deuteronomy 17:17; Leviticus 18:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; Matthew 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; I Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6
-Authorized II Samuel 12:8
-Tolerated Exodus 21:10; I Samuel 1:2; II Chronicles 24:3
-Practiced by Job 27:15
-Lamech Genesis 4:19
-Abraham Genesis 16
-Esau Genesis 26:34; 28:9
-Jacob Genesis 29:30
-Ashur I Chronicles 4:5
-Gideon Judges 8:30
-Elkanah I Samuel 1:2
-David I Samuel 25:39-44; II Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13; I Chronicles 14:3
-Solomon I Kings 11:1-8
-Rehoboam II Chronicles 11:18-23
-Abijah II Chronicles 13:21
-Jehoram II Chronicles 21:14
-Joash II Chronicles 24:3
-Ahab II Kings 10
-Jehoiachin II Kings 24:15
-Belshazzar Daniel 5:2
-See I Chronicles 2:8
-Hosea Hosea 3:1, 2
-Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in Deuteronomy 21:15-17
-Sought by women Isaiah 4:1
-The evil effects of .Husband's favoritism in Deuteronomy 21:15-17 .Jacob's Genesis 29:30; 30:15 .Elkanah's I Samuel 1:5 .Rehoboam's II Chronicles 11:21
-Domestic unhappiness .In Abraham's family Genesis 16; 21:9-16 .In Jacob's family Genesis 29:30-34; 30:1-23 .In Elkanah's family I Samuel 1:4-7
-With Solomon I Kings 11:4-8
-See CONCUBINAGE
-See MARRIAGE
Polygamy {Forerunner}
