Playlist: Solomon's Wives and Concubines (topic)
The Two Shall Become One
Sermon by Bill OnisickSolomon is presented as the most grievous example in the entire Bible of the practice of multiple wives. This case represents the culmination of all such examples and demonstrates how the pattern begins slowly but leads to something horrible. The original intent of marriage could not be kept with one thousand women. Intimate …
The Certainty of God's Promises
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersDuring the reigns of King David and King Solomon, God fulfilled His promises to Abraham by making Israel a great and powerful nation. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. These marriages resulted from treaties and alliances with other nations, including Egypt, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and Hittite peoples. Other countries …
The Role of Women
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsWives can become an ungodly influence as Solomon's wives did in I Kings 11. This example illustrates one of the shortfalls that wives may exhibit when they allow human nature to take hold. Such behavior stands in contrast to the positive roles that godly women fulfill by supporting their families and pointing their children in …