For Pekah ... slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day ... because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 28:6
For Pekah ... slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day ... because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 28:6
God tells Solomon that he likes him so darned much (he likes murderers and polygamists) that he's going to make him the richest man who has ever lived. 1:11-12
Solomon's Egyptian wife can't be around holy places. Is that because she is a woman or because she is an Egyptian, or both? 8:11
Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines." 11:21a
"He took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines." 11:21b
"Rehoboam ... dealt wisely ... and desired many wives." 11:22-23
"But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives." Apparently, in the eyes of God, a man's status is determined by the number of wives that he possesses. 13:21
"Jehoiada took for him two wives" -- without comment, complaint, or criticism from the bible. 24:3
