I’ve been writing a blog of one sort or another for almost twenty years and covered everything and anything that tickled my fancy. Approximately six months ago (I’m guessing) I posted a Bible Trivia Quiz which was moderately received by my ever so faithful readers. I normally shy way from religion as a tropic of discussion but thanks to a persistent reader I will make an exception today. A young gentleman from Alabama has sent me so many email requests to do more with Bible trivia that today I’ll be posting something that just might convince him to remove me from his mailing list. The answers will be posted below. Todays topic will be:

Biblical Multiple Marriages

• What king had 700 wives and 300 concubines?

• Who was first man in the Bible mentioned as having more than one wife?

• Who fathered 70 sons by his many wives?

• What hairy man had three wives named Judith, Bashemath, and Mahalath?

• Who married sisters Rachael and Leah?

• Whose father had two wives named Hannah and Peninnah?

• What early king had two wives named Ahinoam and Rizpah?

• What women was married to two of Judah’s sons?

• What New Testament woman had at least five husbands?

• What son of Solomon had 18 wives and 60 concubines?

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Answers

Solomon (1 Kings 11:3), Sapphira (Act 5:5-10), Gideon (Judges 8:30), Esau (Genesis 26:24: 28:9), Jacob (29:15-25), Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1-2), Saul (1 Samuel 14:50: 2 Samuel 3:7), Tamar (Genesis 38:6-10), The woman at the well (John 4:6-19), Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:21)