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He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. His thirty daughters were given in marriage outside his clan, but for his sons, he brought in thirty women. He was judge in Israel for seven years. (Judges 12, 9)
The men of Israel swore at Mizpah: "None of us shall give his daughter in marriage to any Benjaminite." (Judges 21, 1)
what shall we do to provide wives for those that remain, for we have sworn to Yahweh not to give them our daughters in marriage?" (Judges 21, 7)
and one of them said, "Have you seen this man who comes up challenging Israel? Whoever succeeds in killing him will be richly rewarded by the king. He will give him his daughter in marriage and set his family free of every contribution." (1 Samuel 17, 25)
Saul ordered them to tell David, "The king wants no marriage gift other than a hundred Philistine foreskins to take revenge on his enemies." For Saul wanted David to fall into the hands of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 18, 25)
David then sent his servants to Abigail in Carmel to propose marriage to her saying, "David has sent us to you to say that he wants you to be his wife." (1 Samuel 25, 40)
Solomon entered into a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own palace, Yahweh's House and the wall around Jerusalem. (1 Kings 3, 1)
His own house, where he was to live, and which was in the other court behind the hall, was built in like manner. Solomon also made a house similar to this for Pharaoh's daughter whom he had taken in marriage. (1 Kings 7, 8)
He had an Egyptian slave named Jarha to whom he gave his daughter in marriage. (1 Chronicles 2, 35)
Jehoshaphat, then, enjoyed great wealth and honor and allied himself by marriage to Ahab. (2 Chronicles 18, 1)
Joash king of Israel sent back word to Amaziah king of Judah, "The thornbush of Lebanon sent a message to the cedar of Lebanon, saying, 'Give my son your daughter in marriage'; but the wild animals of Lebanon trampled the thornbush down as they passed. You are very proud because you have defeated the Edomites - Boast on but stay at home. (2 Chronicles 25, 18)
We decided not to give our daughters in marriage to the men of the land nor take their daughters as wives for our sons. (Nehemiah 10, 31)
