Regarding Polygamy,
Having more one wife
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Originally Posted by
musulmane
Allah created one woman for one man
It seems that you have never read the Bible!!!
Do you believe in King Solomon, David, Jacob, Rehoboam, Abraham, Moses, Gideon and Hosea as authentic prophets?
king Solomon: 700 wives + 300 concubines
1Ki11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
1Ki11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
1Ki11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
David: 29 wives + 40 concubines - at least
1Sa18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
Sa 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
Sa 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
2Sa 3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
2Sa 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2Sa 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
2Sa 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.;
2Sa 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2Sa 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
1Ki 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
… etc.
2Sa 5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
2Sa 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.
In addition, he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah the Hittite!!!
2Sa 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2Sa 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2Sa 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
Jacob: 3 wives + 1 maid
Ge 29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Ge 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Ge 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Ge 30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Ge 28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Rehoboam: 18 wives + 60 concubines
Ch 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
Abraham : 3 wives + 10 concubines at least
Ge 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Ge 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Ge 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Ge 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Moses: 2 wives
Ex 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Nu 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Gideon: many wives + concubine
J'g 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
J'g 8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
How any wives he needed for having 70 sons?!!!
Hosea: 2 adulteress wives
Ho 1:2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Ho 1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
Ho 3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Ho 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley
You are forced willy-nilly to accept polygamy, or disbelieve in the Bible!!!!
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