gay kings in the bible?

Question

it has ben told to me that king james was gay where does this say this at in the bible

Answer 1

duh!

Answer 2

King James is not in the bible, he just had a bunch of people translate the bible into what passed for English when he was king.

In the bible, no kings are specifically mentioned as gay. All the inhabitants of the city of Sodom are said to have tried to have sex with a man, an this city had a king, but we don't know his name.

The most famous King in the bible, King David has been accused of being gay. before he was king, he was good friends with Johnathan, who was King Solomon's Son, and when Johnathan died, he made everyone sing a song about him. They also "embraced" each other a few times. BFD. I wrote a song about a dead guy, and I've hugged men before, but I'm straight. At best, we can only accuse David of having been bi, because he marries several women, even killing a man so he could get his wife, and he has lots of kids, so the act certainly happened between him and some women.

Answer 3

King James I of England commissioned the translation of the bible from greek and Hebrew into English. That is why the translation (King James Version) is named for him. There is no King James in the bible and as far as I know the bible does not refer to any gay kings.
There are books published that say that King James had homoerotic desires and cite several letters between him and his courtiers.
There are also those that claim that these accusations are false and that they misinterpret letters and greetings.
There appear to be many more books that support the assertion that King James was gay for example King James VI of Scotland, I of England" Knopf Publ./1975/pgs. 36-37, 123 || Caroline Bingham -- "The Making of a King" Doubleday Publ./1969/pgs. 128-129, 197-198 || Otto J. Scott -- "James I" Mason-Charter Publ./1976/pgs. 108, 111, 120, 194, 200, 224, 311, 353, 382 || David H. Wilson -- "King James VI & I" Oxford Publ./1956/pgs. 36, 99-101, 336-337, 383-386, 395 ||
Books that disagree with this include
STEPHEN A. COSTON, SR The VI Of Scotland & I Of England
Unjustly Accused?


by the way king David and Jonathan were not gay.
David and Jonathan were friends Jonathan's father was trying to kill David because David was more popular. A kiss was a greeting that is much more common than it is today. They wept because David's life was in danger.
though a marriage is a type of covenant (contract) this covenant was not a marriage. the covenant was a covenant of loyalty between David and Jonathan and their future children. Jonathan had saved David's life and David's life depended upon JOnathan's loyalty.
The Hebrew word that was translated seed should be translated children. The word can sometimes be translated semen or seed but it generally means children. A covenant (contract) between parents generally extended to children and thus a contract was between the two people making the covenant and their children (seed).

Answer 4

It was David (his lover was Johnathan, son of Saul) of Goliath fame, soon to be King David.

The book of Samuel, Chapter 18--the end

Samuel 20:30--Then Saul's anger was rekindled against Johnathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse (David) to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

Samuel 20:39-42

39 But the lad knew not anything: only Johnathan and David knew the matter.
40 And Johnathan gave his artillery unto the lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them unto the city.
41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of the place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
42 And Johnathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Johnathan went into the city.



*Note that David and Johnathan swore a covenant before the Lord (a secret marriage) and that they pledged their seed to one another (sex) forever.

**Also note that Saul, Johnathan's father, believed that their was a romantic relationship between the two. And that it becomes an issue in the Book of Samuel when Saul pledges his daughter to marry David.

***Finally, note that I have no agenda to either assert or refute the sexual preferences of characters in the Bible. On the other hand, groups that seek to advance a particular doctrinal objective may have a number of reasons to dismiss the obvious interpretations of certain passages. I would suggest adhereing to the "Law of Parsimony," which states, "the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred."

Read it and decide for yourself...

Answer 5

Never of it

Answer 6

this is my 1st time hearing of such a thing!!

Answer 7

that makes him a queen then.