Tag: marry
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Was Tamar’s offer to marry Amnon sincere and plausible?
In 2 Sam 13, Tamar attempts to persuade Amnon not to rape her, entreating him (v. 12): Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you. My impression was that Tamar was Amnon’s half-sister, assuming her …
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Did David’s son Absolom marry Jezebel?
Was David’s son Absalom the one who married Jezebel, or is that a different Absalom?
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Did Caleb’s son Mered (I Chronicles 4:18) marry the daughter of Pharaoh mentioned in Exodus 2:5-9
I recently stumbled upon a statement of 1 Chronicles 4:18 indicating that Caleb’s son Mered married a daughter of Pharaoh named Bethiah, who bore him three sons. Mered’s Egyptian wife bore Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the father of …