Tag: Betrothal

1 Kings 16:31 Ahab also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. Ahab married the Phoenician woman, Jezebel, the daughter of the King of Sidonians. The Phoenicians whose ancestors were the Canaanites, worshiped a swarm of gods and goddesses and the chief among them was...

1 Samuel 18:24 Then Saul replied, “Say this to David: ‘The king desires no other bride-price except a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.'” Actually, Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines. When David the shepherd boy killed the giant Goliath with a rag and a rock,...

2 Corinthians 11:2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. If a wife converses and communicates secrets to a man other than the one she is married to, her husband will burn with jealousy. A third person between...

Genesis 24:53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewellery and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother. Abraham sent his trusted servant Eleazar to find a bride for his son Isaac from his native land and his father’s household. He...

Genesis 29:20 Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her. The constitution of a family between a man and a woman was instituted by the Lord God in the garden of Eden. Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not...