'Relations' in the Bible
Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. Ish-bosheth said to Abner, "Why did you have sexual relations with my father's concubine?"
David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.
Uriah replied to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord's soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!"
This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight!
So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child
Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Copulation (11 instances)
- Dealings (18 instances)
- Intercourse (56 instances)
- Recounting (6 instances)
- Relation (121 instances)
- Relations (149 instances)
- Relative (71 instances)
- Telling (223 instances)
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Related Topics
- Absence Of Sex
- Abusive Relationships
- Adam's Relationship With Eve
- Age Differences In Relationships
- Bad Relationships
- Being In A Relationship
- Building Relationships
- Christ's Relationship To God
- Covenant Relationships
- Extra Marital Sex Examples
- Faithfulness, In Human Relationships
- Family, Showing God's Relationship
- Father And Daughter Relationships
- Forbidden Sexual Relationships
- Grace, In Human Relationships
- Individuals going home
- Love And Relationships
- Love, In Relationships
- Man's Relationship With His Creator
- One Flesh
- Patience In Relationships
- Prayer, As A Relationship With God
- Relations With Foreigners
- Relationship Of Father And Son