David's Polygamy: What do the scriptures about it teach us about God's view on polygamy?
Hi everyone, today I came across D&C 132:39, which says that David did not sin against God in his polygamy except as it related to Bathsheba (and his murder of Uriah, it would seem):
>39 David’s wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power; and in none of these things did he sin against me save in the case of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation, and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world, for I gave them unto another, saith the Lord.
I can't remember coming across that before now, and it immediately brought to mind Jacob 2:24:
>24 Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
I genuinely want to hear some faithful interpretations of how these two verses can both be in our canon, and furthermore, in the canon that is directly linked to Joseph Smith. There seems to be a contradiction here, and I'm happy to believe that I don't understand yet, but it's hard to see how. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.