Is polygamy ok to God?
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Yes, it doesn't make it right, but maybe enforcing a retroactive Law causes more damage than good.
Polygamy is at least reproductive for the human race.
When it suited God's purposes, e.g. Jacob, he allowed it.
Clearly there is some kind of permissive Law there.
Or can you show me a Law in the OT where it is explicitly banned?
Polygamy is at least reproductive for the human race.
When it suited God's purposes, e.g. Jacob, he allowed it.
Clearly there is some kind of permissive Law there.
Or can you show me a Law in the OT where it is explicitly banned?
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We had this discussion in a Mens Bible study about Polygamy. I always thought Polygamy was ok in Old Testament times because of what King David and Solomon did having many wives. They were influenced by Arab cultures surrounding them where polygamy was being practiced, so they decided it was ok for them. Notice both David and Solomon had problems from having many wives. David committing adultery and Solomon marrying women that didn't worship the same God. If they would have followed Gods design for marriage in Genesis they wouldn't have had so many problems.
Revisionistic twaddle.
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul; 8 I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom,.............[FONT="]and if that had been too little, I would have added as much more.
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Leviticus 18:8 would of been corrupted if David would have married Solomon's wives. The scripture you posted doesn't say he married any of his wives. But just as any King who takes the throne from another King, gains everything the old King had including his wives, kids, slaves, land etc. The versw does not say he married these woman.
It's very common in royal lines (both ancient and relatively modern) simply because most of these marriages were/are arranged and extremely political - it wasn't "John" marrying "Jeanne", it was, for example, "England marrying France", or "Western Christendom marrying Eastern (Byzantine) Christendom", etc., etc.
Few marriages of this type were done out of love - oftentimes, the 'groom' and 'bride' did not meet each other until their wedding day. Oftentimes, they didn't even speak the same language!
Marriages such as this were to bond alliances and create allies and the like; thus, it was very common for both parties concerned (both the husband and wife) to seek other partners. Quite common right up until recently with respect to royal/noble lines. It's interesting to note that any issue of the male was considered a legitimate heir.
As others have mentioned, many cultures still practice polygamy - a man may have as many wives as he can support - in these cultures it's typically a mark of one's status and a demonstration of one's wealth.
Few marriages of this type were done out of love - oftentimes, the 'groom' and 'bride' did not meet each other until their wedding day. Oftentimes, they didn't even speak the same language!
Marriages such as this were to bond alliances and create allies and the like; thus, it was very common for both parties concerned (both the husband and wife) to seek other partners. Quite common right up until recently with respect to royal/noble lines. It's interesting to note that any issue of the male was considered a legitimate heir.
As others have mentioned, many cultures still practice polygamy - a man may have as many wives as he can support - in these cultures it's typically a mark of one's status and a demonstration of one's wealth.
1Ki 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
1Ki 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
1Ki 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
1Ki 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1Ki 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
1Ki 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1Ki 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1Ki 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1Ki 11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
1Ki 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
1Ki 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
1Ki 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1Ki 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
1Ki 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1Ki 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1Ki 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
1Ki 11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
Just a few words, God did not start polygamy, however the bible does not ever call polygamy a sin, not in the OT nor in the NT. I think Paul discouraged the idea of polygamy in the church when he said that the leaders had to have only one wife, but having more then one wife is never called a sin in the bible. We need to keep in mind that one of the parables by Christ was of a man marrying ten women, if it was actually a sin for a man to marry more then one woman do you think Jesus would have ever used such a parable? So, one woman for one man, the standard, however if a man was to have more then one wife it is not a sin. The bible actually speaks of a time when seven women will ask one man to marry them(obviously a shortage of men). So pleaseeeeee lets don't call people sinners that God has not called sinners.
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i agree with this. i am not aware of the bible specifically saying its forbidden to take a 2nd wife but it should be understood by passages like this. you also have the men, women and animals on the ark, they went two by two.
its also strange to me that exodus leviticus which is laws laws and more laws, laws how to button your shirt, you cant keep up with all of them, yet no mention of taking more than one wife.
its also strange to me that exodus leviticus which is laws laws and more laws, laws how to button your shirt, you cant keep up with all of them, yet no mention of taking more than one wife.
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