David's Polygamy Isn't Permission

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Why did God tell David in 2 Samuel chapter 12 that he God was the one that gave David Saul's wives? The 2 Samuel 12 is a favorite passage of these polygamist people. And the prophet is confronting David. He is saying you took a man's wife and killed the man. Nathan's point was David crossed a line. It was unnecessary for David to cross it because David could have had all the women he wanted. Tidwell is wrongly deducing that the fact that God would give David more wives means it's morally permissible for David to have more wives. So in Numbers 11 the people wanted meat. God sent them quail and it was wrong for them to eat it but he sent it to them. In 1 Samuel 8 they asked for a king. It was wrong for them to do but God gave them a king. Therefore just because God gave and would have given more wives to David doesn't mean it's morally permissible to have more than one wife. Nathan's point there was not about polygamy. Nathan's point there was it's wrong to be taking another man's wife and then killing the guy.