-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 : 1 5
-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 11:1 8-23
-Abijah 2 Chronicles 13:21
-Jehoram 2 Chronicles 21:14
-Joash 2 Chronicles 24:3
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-Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24: 1 5
-Belshazzar Daniel 5:2
-HoseaHosea 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 favoritism 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 1 1 :4-8