WHY DID DAVID (“A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART”) KEEP SO MANY WIVES?

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The Bible never explicitly condemns polygamy. Many Old Testament leaders accumulated wives in a manner similar to the pagan kings of the ancient Middle East without divine disapproval. A closer look, however, reveals that God originally defined marriage as “a man

joined to his wife, and the two. . .united into one” (Gen 2:24). In addition, God warned Israel of the dangers of its kings taking many wives (Deuteronomy 17:17). The stress caused by multiple marriages is seen in every biblical family in which polygamy.

1 Chronicles 14:3 – And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.