The Inknown Sweethearts

Bible Reading:  Jeremiah 3:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 10 - “And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.”

Key Words:  And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam

Now, be honest...before today if someone would have you to name King Saul’s wife, could you?  We know only three things about Ahinoam.

1. She is Saul’s wife.
2. She is only mentioned once in the Bible.
3. She births children by Saul.

Now, while all of this may be taken as a negative, there are certainly some positives found here as well.  

1. She never embarrassed King Saul.  He managed to do that for himself.
2. She did not seek the limelight like many queens did.
3. She did not attempt to become the vice-king or associate king.  (I see that a lot today from pastor’s wives.  They are the “behind-the-scenes” co-pastors.)

Now, I’m sure you can find many negatives in the lives of these two sweethearts; but one thing that appears to be a positive is that they do appear to have been faithful to each other.  There appears to be no polygamy in the relationship.

This reminds me of a Mark Twain story.  Once when Mark Twain was lecturing in Utah, a Mormon acquaintance argued with him on the subject of polygamy.  After a long and rather heated debate, the Mormon finally said, “Can you find for me a single passage of Scripture which forbids polygamy?”  “Certainly,” replied Twain, “No man can serve two masters.”

At least it appears the unknown sweethearts got that right.

                                                                                                        Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:  

✞Stay faithful morally to each other.