Bible Dictionary: Polygamy: David

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1 Samuel 25:39-44
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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2 Samuel 3:2-5
And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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2 Samuel 5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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1 Chronicles 14:3
And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
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Library

David's Deserts
... sinner has broken them already. They avenge themselves. And so does polygamy.
So it did in the case of David. It is a breach of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/david/sermon iv davids deserts.htm

The Reign of David.
... David's high ideals and noble chivalry could not withstand the enervating influence
of his growing harem. The degrading influence of polygamy with its luxury ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xi the reign of.htm

Perseverance of Saints.
... saint. To be sure, David practiced polygamy, and did many things that in
us, under the light of the gospel, would be sin. But it ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture li perseverance of saints.htm

The Fall of Solomon
... would never have blurted out the errors and sins of David and Solomon ... Solomon's
unbridled and monstrous polygamy sapped his manhood and his principle, darkened ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the fall of solomon.htm

That it is not Lawful for the Well Affected Subjects to Concur in ...
... David complains of that time, (Psal. ... that such particular escapes are not always
reproved in scripture, who considers that the fathers' polygamy, though so ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section iv that it is.htm

The People among whom we Labour.
... same names continually meet us, such as Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon,
and ... The sanction given by Muhammad to polygamy and extreme facility of divorce ...
/.../chapter xxviii the people among.htm

The Power of Christianity.
... The wisest men of Greece and Rome sanctioned slavery, polygamy, concubinage, oppression ...
as well as the virtues, of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, and Solomon. ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 44 the power of.htm

The Israelites
... The latter years of David were troubled by revolts which had their origin partly
in the polygamy in which he had indulged, partly in the discontent of a people ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter i the israelites.htm

Pride of Prosperity
... 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 ... Polygamy was countenanced ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 3 pride of prosperity.htm

What is the Christian Home?
... of home, and abused its highest and holiest prerogatives by his ideas of polygamy. ...
of Joshua, who with "his house served the Lord,""of David, who "returned ...
//christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter i what is the.htm

Subtopics

Bigamy

Multiple Wives

Polygamy

Polygamy with Solomon