Bible Dictionary: Polygamy: Tolerated

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Exodus 21:10
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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1 Samuel 1:2
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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2 Chronicles 24:3
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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Library

Consecration to God --Illustrated by Abraham's Circumcision
... Polygamy, though tolerated under the Old Testament, was never approved; it
was only endured because of the hardness of men's hearts. ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 14 1868/consecration to godillustrated by abrahams.htm

Additional Notes
... But if there was nevertheless a revival among large sections of the people of pagan
ideas of marriage, which tolerated polygamy, concubinage, incest and easy ...
/.../st bernard of clairvauxs life of st malachy of armagh/additional notes.htm

Elucidations.
... He considers that particular ceremonial law a protest against the polygamy which
God tolerated, but never authorized, under Moses; and its abrogation (ie, by ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the stromata or miscellanies/elucidations 3.htm

Perseverance of Saints.
... To be sure, David practiced polygamy, and did many things that in us, under ... fell
into grievous backsliding, and appears in some sense to have tolerated idolatry ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture li perseverance of saints.htm

The Eternal Name
... ye would not endure such things; ye would say, "It must not be tolerated by civilized ...
We will not allow Polygamy, while there are men to be found who love the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the eternal name.htm

Authenticity and Credibility of the Pentateuch.
... 6. Of one usage which the Mosaic law tolerated, our Saviour himself gives the true ...
not so." Matt.19:8. This general principle applies also to polygamy and the ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter x authenticity and credibility.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... All polygamy is clearly forbidden in these words, wherein our Lord expressly declares ...
do so much mischief in the world, that they ought to be tolerated no longer ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 23 upon our lords.htm

The Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... False or immoral teachers should not be tolerated, but warned or deposed. ...
We condemn polygamy, and those who reject second marriages. ...
/.../ 55 the second helvetic.htm

English Version of the Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. <. ...
/.../english version of the second.htm

Subtopics

Bigamy

Multiple Wives

Polygamy

Polygamy with Solomon