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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abraham
After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian [maid], and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.
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but to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah], Abraham gave gifts while he was still living and he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise].
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Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » David
David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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So the king left, and all his household with him. But the king left behind ten women who were concubines to take care of the house (palace).
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Caleb
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran was the father of Gazez. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah, and also
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Nahor
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Rehoboam
Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter (granddaughter) of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines—for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abijah
But Abijah became powerful. He took fourteen wives for himself and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Manasseh
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away [from God].
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Eliphaz
And Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » saul
Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » jacob
So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » A levite
Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » gideon
And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Belshazzar
Belshazzar, as he tasted the wine, gave a command to bring in the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.
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Polygamy » Practiced by
“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.