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EVERYDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (STONING “AS A FORM OF EXECUTION” PT2)

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These laws sound rigid and austere in their proclamations, and we cannot say for sure how often this particular punishment was employed. What we can say for sure is that exceptions were allowed, as illustrated by Jesus. He did not demand that the woman caught in adultery be executed but instead disarmed her executioners and urged her to leave her lift of sin (John 8:3-11).

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EVERDAY LIFE IN BIBLE TIMES (CONCUBINE PT2)

March 26, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, forgive, Forgivness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, Proverbs, rock, rocks, Ruth, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized1 samuel, 2 Samuel, 2 sons, 300 concubines, 4 months, Abner, Absalom, Adonijah, assaulted, bethlehem, bird, bodies, city, concubines, daughter, David, Ephraim, everyday life in bible times, executed, family, Father, four months, Genesis, Gibeah, gibeonites, home, Israelite, Israelites, Jacob, Judges, King of Israel, Kings, land, Levite, Man, Men, Reuben, Rizpah, royal, Saul, sexually, sons, summer, three hundred concubines, tomb, two sons, unfaithful, woman, womenabarkley8

Yet another reason for seeking a concubine was to demonstrate control over the assets and legacy of a father or king. Reuben attempted to force the hand of Jacob into declaring him the primary heir of the family by sleeping with his father’s concubine (Gen 35:22). The same happened in royal circles. Abner, Absalom, and Adonijah all either slept with a king’s concubine or attempted to do so in order to advance their legitimacy as a royal figure (2 Sam 3:7; 16:21-22; 1 Kings 2:17, 21-25).

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