Timeline for How did King Solomon and King David keep up his duties to his wives
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| Feb 1, 2023 at 2:42 | comment | added | Shalom | @ninamag on the diplomatic marriages it's really just the context of the verses and an understanding of the time. The limit of 18 derived from David having six and being told "you could have more like this, and more again" (but why'd you have to take Batsheva?!) is in the Talmud Sanhedrin 21a: sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.21a.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en That David later maxed out appears one page later, Sanhedrin 22a. (Actually it just says "sorry I'm not allowed to marry you", but Rashi explains because he maxed out.) sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.22a.13?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 11:22 | comment | added | ninamag | @Shalom which midrash can one read this in? Can you give me an exact link, please. | |
| Jul 3, 2022 at 11:29 | answer | added | Apex N-u-b | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 3, 2022 at 10:16 | comment | added | Shalom | And a lot of Solomon's were diplomatic marriages -- instead of an ambassador, you sent a princess of yours to go be one of the king's wives. I imagine in that arrangement, nobody expected frequent intimacy. David's situation was more personal ... he's recorded as having six, though the midrash implies that later in life he did "max out" at 18. | |
| Jul 3, 2022 at 9:25 | history | edited | Kazi bácsi |
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| Jul 3, 2022 at 5:17 | comment | added | Chatzkel | I always assumed that the vast majority of these marriages were short, maybe a few months or so. He didn’t have 1000 wives at the same time | |
| Jul 2, 2022 at 0:13 | history | asked | user24193 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |