http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=judges%2011:1-3&version=NKJV Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the… Read More »

2 Chronicles 8:11 tells us about Solomon’s decision regarding his wife’s living quarters. Now Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places to which the… Read More »

This phrase appears in 1 Kings 16:31, speaking of King Ahab of Israel at the time. And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the… Read More »