Here are 4 Bible verses about concubines, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
1 Kings 11:2-3 KJV
2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
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2 Samuel 5:13 KJV
13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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Judges 19:1-30 KJV
1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak …
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Exodus 21:10 KJV
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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