| Name |
Number of Wives & Known Names of Wives |
References |
|
Abdon Judge of Israel Perhaps the same as 'Bedan' |
Uncertain | Judges 12:14 |
|
Abijah King of Judah Son & successor of Rehoboam |
14 | 2 Chronicles 13:21 |
|
Abraham Faithful friend of God Father of the Hebrew nation "Father of the faithful" |
3 Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah |
Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:3 Genesis 25:1 |
|
Ahab King of Israel |
Wives | 1 Kings 20:3 |
|
Ahasuerus King of Persia Assumed to be Xerxes |
Women Vashti, Esther | Esther 1:9 |
| Ashur |
2 Helah and Naarah |
1 Chronicles 4:5 |
|
Belshazzar Secondary King of Babylon To whom Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall |
Wives | Daniel 5:2 |
|
Benhadad The king of Syria |
Uncertain | 1 Kings 20:3 |
| Caleb |
5 Azubah, Jerioth, Ephrath, Ephah, Maachah |
1 Chronicles 2:18-19 1 Chronicles 2:46 1 Chronicles 2:48 |
|
David Youngest son of Jesse Second king of Israel "after God's own heart" |
Wives & Concubines Abigail, Ahinoam, Michal, Maacah, Rizpah, Bathsheba |
1 Samuel 25:39 1 Samuel 25:43 1 Samuel 25:44 2 Samuel 3:3 2 Samuel 3:7 2 Samuel 5:13, 1 Chronicles 14:3 2 Samuel 12:7-8 2 Samuel 12:24 |
| Eliphaz |
2 Timna |
Genesis 36:11-12 |
| Elkanah |
2 Hannah, Peninnah |
1 Samuel 1:2 |
| Esau |
3 Judith, Bashemath, Mahalath |
Genesis 26:34 Genesis 28:9 |
| Ezra |
2 Jehudijah |
1 Chronicles 4:17-18 |
|
Gideon Fifth judge of Israel Led the Israelites against the Midianites |
Wives Drumah, Shechem |
Judges 8:30 |
| Heman | Uncertain | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Herod the Great |
10 Elpide, Phedra, Mariamne, Doris, Malthace the Samaritan, Cleopatra, Pallas, Elpis |
Josephus, Ant. 17, 19f.; War 1,562 Flavius Josephus The Jewish War 1.473 (Whiston) |
| Hezron |
3 Abiah |
1 Chronicles 2:9 1 Chronicles 2:21 1 Chronicles 2:24 |
| Hosea |
2 Gomer |
Hosea 1:3 Hosea 3:1 |
| Ibzan | Uncertain | Judges 12:9 |
| Tribe of Issachar | Wives | 1 Chronicles 7:4 |
|
Jacob Father of the twelve tribes of Israel "the prince of God" |
4 Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah |
Genesis 29:23 Genesis 29:28 Genesis 30:4 Genesis 30:9 |
| Jair | Uncertain | Judges 10:4 |
| Jerahmeel |
2 Atarah |
1 Chronicles 2:26 |
|
Jehoiachin King of Judah |
Wives | 2 Kings 24:15 |
| Jehoram | Wives | 2 Chronicles 21:14 |
| Jeroboam |
14 Michaiah |
Flavius Josephus Jewish Antiquities 8.282 (Whiston) |
| Jerubbaall | Uncertain | Judges 9:5 |
| Joash | 2 | 2 Chronicles 24:3 |
| Joseph | Uncertain | George Lamsa, in Gospel Light, Harper & Row, p. 5-7, his commentary. |
| Judah |
2 Tamar, Daughther of Shua the Canaanitess |
1 Chronicles 2:3-4 |
| Lamech |
2 Adah, Zillah |
Genesis 4:19 |
| Machir |
2 Maachah, Zelophehad |
1 Chronicles 7:15-16 |
| Manasseh |
2 The Aramitess |
1 Chronicles 7:14 |
| Mered |
4 Jehudijah, Bithiah, Hodiah |
1 Chronicles 4:17-19 |
| Moses |
2 Zipporah, Ethiopian Woman |
Exodus 2:21 Numbers 12:1 |
| Nahor |
2 Milcah, Reumah |
Genesis 22:20-24 |
| Rehoboam |
78 Mahalath, Abihail, Maachah |
2 Chronicles 11:18-23 |
| Saul |
2 Ahinoam, Rizpah |
1 Samuel 14:50 2 Samuel 3:7 |
| Shaharaim |
2 Hushim, Baara |
1 Chronicles 8:8 |
| Shimei | Uncertain | 1 Chronicles 4:27 |
| Simeon |
2 Canaanitish Woman |
Genesis 46:10, Exodus 6:15 |
| Solomon |
1,000 Sidontans, Tyrians, Ammonites, Edomites |
1 Kings 11:3 |
| Terah | 2 | Genesis 20:12 |
| Zedekiah | Wives | Jeremiah 38:23 |
| Ziba | Uncertain | 2 Samuel 9:10 |
| Unnamed | Uncertain | 1 Corinthians 5:1 |
| JESUS | 5 |
Analogy - Parable Matthew 25:1-13 |
| GOD |
2 Aholah/Samaria, Aholibah/Jerusalem |
Analogy Ezekiel 23:4 Jeremiah 3:6-14; 31:31-34 |
