He had two wives - Compare Genesis 4:19. This was permitted by the law in Deuteronomy 21:15 and sanctioned by the practice of Jacob ([Refere…

And he had two wives. —The primeval Divine ordination, we know, gave its sanction alone to monogamy. The first who seems to have v…

And he had two wives
Which, though connived at in those times, was contrary to the original law of marriage; and for…

Elkanah maintained his attendance at God's altar, despite the unhappy differences in his family. If a family's devotions do not prevail to end its …