tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post4269834871580815222..comments2024-02-11T06:57:23.174-05:00Comments on SchansBlog: the Bible, polygamy, and a consistent Christian worldview of governmentEric Schansberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147388189415035752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-2640164644713361302008-02-07T13:04:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:04:00.000-05:00There may be other passages, but I think they woul...There may be other passages, but I think they would indicate the same thing. In a word, it's not the polygamy per se, but the motives for it and the results from it.Eric Schansberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147388189415035752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241505550351823820.post-72538518112498871662008-02-07T12:43:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:43:00.000-05:00As best as I understand it, the Bible does not say...As best as I understand it, the Bible does not say that Solomon's polygamy was wrong; instead, the Bible says his marrying foreign wives from certain countries was wrong. (If you're aware of any other passages that speak to his polygamy, I would be grateful for the clarification. This is the only passage that appears when BibleGateway.com is searched for the keywords "Solomon wives." Nothing else relevant to polygamy appears when "Solomon wife" is searched.)<BR/><BR/><I>King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray. As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. </I> [1 Kings 1-6, NIV.]William Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308959355199753193noreply@blogger.com