Probably a harem, although that term really means the part of the house set aside for the use of the women.
Call the collection a harem.
odas An Oda was a court where the harem or concubines wiated for the Sultan
Having multiple wives - whether as a Sultan or otherwise - is known as polygamy.A word which particularly applies to the Middle East is harem - the part of a Muslim household reserved for wives and concubines. By extension this word came to be applied to the wives and concubines as a group.
No, concubines in ancient Israel were not exclusively non-Israelite women. While many concubines were indeed foreign, as seen in the biblical accounts of figures like Abraham and Jacob, Israelite men could also take Israelite women as concubines. The status of concubines was distinct from that of wives, often involving different social and legal rights, but their ethnic background varied.
Yes in those days it was common for kings to have concubines, David had a few but Solomon had it in hundreds.
The honor goes to King Solomon; if the biblical record is to be believed, he had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
michal, abigail, Bathsheba, ahinoam, Maacah - and thats all i know but he had many more, concubines and all!
I don't think they were named in the Bible and Absalom did not seem to know them, the way he blatantly took his father's concubines. (2Samuel 16.22)
Officially no.
Bilhah and Zilpah were concubines of Jacob, not his wives. They were given to Jacob by his wives Leah and Rachel to bear children on their behalf.
a butt load
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