-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
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