For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Lamech took two wives for himself: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
¶Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
¶An excellent wife, who can find her? For her worth is far above jewels.
Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.
You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.
But you who clung to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach;
But you are to cling to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.