| Name | Number of Wives Known Names of Wives | Reference |
| Abdon, a judge of Israel in the time of the judges; perhaps the same as 'Bedan'. | Uncertain | Judges 12:14 |
| Abijah, king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam. | 14 | 2 Chronicles 13:21 |
| Abraham, faithful friend of God and father of the Hebrew nation. "father of the faithful" | 3 Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah | Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:3 Genesis 25:1 |
| Ahab, king of Israel. | Wives | 1 Kings 20:3 |
| Ahasuerus, title of the king of Persia, assumed to be Xerxes. | Women Vashti, Esther | Esther 1:9 |
| Ashur | 2 Helah and Naarah | 1 Chronicles 4:5 |
| Belshazzar, king of Babylon at the time of its fall; he to whom Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall. | Wives | Daniel 5:2 |
| Benhadad , the king of Syria. | Uncertain | 1 Kings 20:3 |
| Caleb | 5 Azubah, Jerioth, Ephrath, Ephah, Maachah | 1 Chronicles 2:18-19 1 Chronicles 2:46 1 Chronicles 2:48 |
| David, youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel. "after God?s own heart" | Wives and Concubines Abigail, Ahinoam, Michal, Maacah, Rizpah, Bathsheba | 1 Samuel 25:39 1 Samuel 25:43 1 Samuel 25:44 2 Samuel 3:3 2 Samuel 3:7 2 Samuel 5:13, 1 Chronicles 14:3 2 Samuel 12:7-8 2 Samuel 12:24 |
| Eliphaz | 2 Timna | Genesis 36:11-12 |
| Elkanah | 2 Hannah, Peninnah | 1 Samuel 1:2 |
| Esau | 3 Judith, Bashemath, Mahalath | Genesis 26:34 Genesis 28:9 |
| Ezra | 2 Jehudijah | 1 Chronicles 4:17-18 |
| Gideon, fifth judge of Israel who led the Israelites against the Midianites. | Wives Drumah, Shechem | Judges 8:30 |
| Heman | Uncertain | 1 Chronicles 25:4 |
| Herod the Great | 10 Elpide, Phedra, Mariamne, Doris, Malthace the Samaritan, Cleopatra, Pallas, Elpis | Josephus, Ant. 17, 19f.; War 1,562 Flavius Josephus The Jewish War 1.473 (Whiston) |
| Hezron | 3 Abiah | 1 Chronicles 2:9 1 Chronicles 2:21 1 Chronicles 2:24 |
| Hosea | 2 Gomer | Hosea 1:3 Hosea 3:1 |
| Ibzan | Uncertain | Judges 12:9 |
| Tribe of Issachar | Wives | 1 Chronicles 7:4 |
| Jacob, father of the twelve patriarchs of the tribes of Israel. "the prince of God" | 4 Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah | Genesis 29:23 Genesis 29:28 Genesis 30:4 Genesis 30:9 |
| Jair | Uncertain | Judges 10:4 |
| Jerahmeel | 2 Atarah | 1 Chronicles 2:26 |
| Jehoiachin, king of Judah. | Wives | 2 Kings 24:15 |
| Jehoram | Wives | 2 Chronicles 21:14 |
| Jeroboam | 14 Michaiah | Flavius Josephus Jewish Antiquities 8.282 (Whiston) |
| Jerubbaall | Uncertain | Judges 9:5 |
| Joash | 2 | 2 Chronicles 24:3 |
| Joseph | Uncertain | George Lamsa, in Gospel Light, Harper & Row, p. 5-7, his commentary. |
| Judah | 2 Tamar, Daughther of Shua the Canaanitess | 1 Chronicles 2:3-4 |
| Lamech | 2 Adah, Zillah | Genesis 4:19 |
| Machir | 2 Maachah, Zelophehad | 1 Chronicles 7:15-16 |
| Manasseh | 2 The Aramitess | 1 Chronicles 7:14 |
| Mered | 4 Jehudijah, Bithiah, Hodiah | 1 Chronicles 4:17-19 |
| Moses | 2 Zipporah, Ethiopian Woman | Exodus 2:21 Numbers 12:1 |
| Nahor | 2 Milcah, Reumah | Genesis 22:20-24 |
| Rehoboam | 78 Mahalath, Abihail, Maachah | 2 Chronicles 11:18-23 |
| Saul | 2 Ahinoam, Rizpah | 1 Samuel 14:50 2 Samuel 3:7 |
| Shaharaim | 2 Hushim, Baara | 1 Chronicles 8:8 |
| Shimei | Uncertain | 1 Chronicles 4:27 |
| Simeon | 2 Canaanitish Woman | Genesis 46:10, Exodus 6:15 |
| Solomon | 1,000 Sidontans, Tyrians, Ammonites, Edomites | 1 Kings 11:3 |
| Terah | 2 | Genesis 20:12 |
| Zedekiah | Wives | Jeremiah 38:23 |
| Ziba | Uncertain | 2 Samuel 9:10 |
| Unnamed | Uncertain | 1 Corinthians 5:1 |
| JESUS CHRIST | 5 | Analogy, Parable, Matthew 25:1-13 |
| JEHOVAH GOD | 2 Aholah/Samaria, Aholibah/Jerusalem | Analogy, Ezekiel 23:4, Jeremiah 3:6-14; 31:31-34 |
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