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 favouritism 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
