CONCUBINAGE

→ LAWS CONCERNING Ex 21:7-11; Le 19:20-22; De 21:10-14

• Concubines might be dismissed Ge 21:9-14

• Called WIVES Ge 37:2; Jud 19:3-5

• Children of, not heirs Ge 15:4; 21:10

• Practiced by

Abraham Ge 16:3; 25:6; 1Ch 1:32

Nahor Ge 22:23,24

Jacob Ge 30:4

Eliphaz Ge 36:12

Gideon Jud 8:31

A Levite Jud 19:1

Caleb 1Ch 2:46-48

Manasseh 1Ch 7:14

Saul 2Sa 3:7

David 2Sa 5:13; 15:16

Solomon 1Ki 11:3

Rehoboam 2Ch 11:21

Abijah 2Ch 13:21

Belshazzar Da 5:2

• See MARRIAGE

• See POLYGAMY