Love and marriage in the Bible were quite different from what most people live today. Here are some frequently asked questions about husbands, wives and lovers of the Old Testament.
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David King How many women he had?
According to 1 Chronicles 3, which is a genealogy of David's family for 30 generations, great hero-king of Israel hit a jackpot regarding love and marriage in the Bible. David had seven women :. Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, Haggith, Abital, Eglah and Bath-Shua (Bathsheba) daughter of Ammiel
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With all these women how many children does David have?
David genealogy in 1 Chronicles 3 said it had 19 son by his wives and concubines and a daughter, Tamar, whose mother is not named in Scripture. David was married to Ahinoam, Abigail, Maacah, Haggith, Abital and Eglah during 7-1 / 2 years he reigned in Hebron. After moving to Jerusalem, he married Bathsheba, whom he had four son whose great King Solomon. Scripture says that David begot a son with each of his first six wives, plus his four son by Bathsheba are 10, still leaving new son whose mothers are presumed to be among the concubines of David, because they are not named.
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Why the biblical patriarchs are so many women?
aside the commandment of God: "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28), it is likely that two reasons several wives of the Patriarchs
First,. health care in ancient times was much more primitive, with skills such as midwives adopted by families as oral tradition rather than formal training. Thus the birth was one of the most dangerous events life. many women died in childbirth or postnatal diseases with their newborns. So the necessities of pure survival motivation many multiple marriages.
Second, be able to take care many women was a sign of wealth in ancient biblical times. a man who could support a large extended family of many women, children, grandchildren and other relatives, and the herds to feed them, was considered rich. It was also considered faithful to God, who commanded that humans are increasing their number on earth.
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Was polygamy constant practice among the biblical patriarchs?
No, having several wives was not a uniform marriage practice in the Bible. For example, Adam, Noah and Moses are each noted in Scripture as the husband of one wife. spouse Adam Eve was given by God in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2-3). According to Exodus 2: 21-23, Moses was the spouse of Sephora, the eldest daughter of a Midianite sheik, Reuel (also known as Jethro in the Old Testament). Noah's wife is never named, only recognized as part of his family who accompanied him on the ark to escape the great flood in Genesis 6:18 ET other passages.
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Have women ever get to have more than one husband in the Old Testament?
women really are not regarded as equal actors when it came to love and marriage in the Bible. The only way a woman could have more than one husband if she remarries after being widowed. Men could be simultaneous polygamous, but women should be monogamous series because it was the only way to ensure the identity of the fathers of children in ancient times before the DNA tests.
This was the case with Tamar, whose story is told in the law father-in Genesis 38. Tamar was Judah, one of 12 son of Jacob. Tamar first married Er, the eldest son of Judah, but they had no children. When Er died, Tamar married the younger brother Er, Onan, but he refused to fertilize. When Onan also died shortly after marrying Tamar, Judah promised Tamar that she can marry his third son, Shelah, when he came of age. Judah's refusal to keep its promise, in time, and how Tamar outsmarted the marriage system, is the story of Genesis 38.
The practice of marrying young brothers widows of their older brothers was known as wife inheritance. The custom was one of the most curious examples of love and marriage in the Bible, because it was intended to ensure that the line of the first husband of the widow was not lost if the husband is dead without father children. According widow inheritance, the first child born of a union between the widow of a man and his younger brother would be considered legally a child's first husband
Love and marriage in biblical sources :.
- The Jewish Bible study (04, Oxford University Press).
- The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha , New Revised Standard Version (1994, Oxford University Press).
- Meyers, Carol, Editor, Women in Scripture (00 Houghton Mifflin, New York)