Bible Concordances
Polygamy

Nave's Topical Bible

• Forbidden
  Deuteronomy 17:17; Leviticus 18:18; Malachi 2:14,15; Matthew 19:4,5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Timothy 3:2,12; Titus 1:6

• Authorized
  2 Samuel 12:8

• Tolerated
  Exodus 21:10; 1 Samuel 1:2; 2 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
  1 Chronicles 4:5

• Gideon
  Judges 8:30

• Elkanah
  1 Samuel 1:2

• David
  1 Samuel 25:39-44; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 5:13; 1 Chronicles 14:3

• Solomon
  1 Kings 11:1-8

• Rehoboam
  2 Chronicles 11:18-23

• Abijah
  2 Chronicles 13:21

• Jehoram
  2 Chronicles 21:14

• Joash
  2 Chronicles 24:3

• Ahab
  2 Kings 10

• Jehoiachin
  2 Kings 24:15

• Belshazzar
  Daniel 5:2

• See
  1 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
    1 Samuel 1:5
  • Rehoboam's
    2 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
    1 Samuel 1:4-7

• With Solomon
  1 Kings 11:4-8

• See CONCUBINAGE

• See MARRIAGE