Was God okay with Solomon and King David having concubines?

Question

Did God change his mind or is this somehow a display of grace? Does anyone know any verses speaking on it? Thanks.-

the great psalm 38 comes to mind...

psalm 38:11

King James Bible
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

American Standard Version
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Bible in Basic English
My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

both Bru and Skepsis have great answers.. whom shall I choose?

Answer 1

The following verses do not directly answer the question of multiple wives but by reading Jesus' response to the Pharisees you can make an accurate assumption as to what marriage was initially intended to be.

Mt 19:3-9: Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.

So you see, in the beginning marriage was between one man and one woman, and together they were made one. God did not change his mind, but knew that man will corrupt what he intended to be perfect, so he made concessions to further curb the corruption of marriage.

Answer 2

Read the Psalms that David wrote read Psalm 51 David heart was broken over his sin and God can use anyone even the biggest sinners most of the people in the Bible that did the most for God were the biggest screw up check it out it make me feel alot better about the amount of grace that God will give if you just keep trying

Answer 3

Having concubines was once k in David's time. It was once truthfully regulated by way of the legislation covenant. I have no idea so much approximately the Book of Mormon, however within the Bible, it suggests that it is applicable and regulated by way of God by way of the historic legislation. (Exodus 21:7-eleven, Deuteronomy 21:14-17, one million Kings eleven:three, two Chronicles eleven:21) Absalom, David's son, rebelled in opposition to David and slept together with his (David's) concubines.

Answer 4

It was culturally acceptable in those days. It was important that a man's name be preserved through his sons, so multiple wives and concubines were okay, as long as the man could adequately provide for them all AND they didn't already belong to someone else. That was David's problem with Bathsheba. She was married to Uriah, one of David's generals, when David impregnated her. Because David couldn't convince Uriah to take leave and visit his wife to cover the indiscretion, David had to arrange for his death. When confronted with his wrongdoing by Nathan, he begged God to spare the child. When the baby was stillborn, David accepted the fact and ended his mourning. Since Uriah was still dead, there was no impediment to taking Bathsheba as his legitimate wife. Read about it in 2 Samuel.

Solomon's problem was marrying too many foreigners. As a thoughtful husband, he made arangements for all his wives' worship needs, which was not a good move in monotheism land. He neglected the worship of YHWH and his kingdom fell apart when he died. Read all this in 1 Kings.

As distasteful as it all seems to us, priorities and understandings were very different back then.

Answer 5

Multiple wives and concubines were supposed to have been common in those times .Especially for the wealthy.But not uncommon for the poor.When God sent the Quran He put a limit on wives.Only up to 4 and only if you can treat them equally and provide for them equally.But it is best to have only one.

Answer 6

The Bible says David wanted to marry the Daughter of Sol.

Saul tells him to bring 100 PENIS foreskins as a token.

David kills 200 Philistines and brings their Penile foreskins to Saul/Sol as dowry for his first wife (Saul's daughter Michal).

1 Samuel 18:27 -- Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Sol gave him Michal his daughter to wife. [ http://bible.cc/1_samuel/18-27.htm ]

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King Soloman had 700 wives and 300 sex slaves.

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Answer 7

neither one existed so let them have all the concubines the authors thought to embellish the story with

Answer 8

Read the old testiment.

Answer 9

yes, i was