July 9

OT -- 1st Chronicles 7:1-8:40
8:8 Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
I never remember hearing a specific person who was divorced thus far in the OT. Even in the NT, all I remember is Joseph deciding he would 'quietly' divorce Mary and Jesus talking about divorce in the abstract. This is the first time I have ever actually heard a specific. Even David did not divorce crazy Michel (Saul's daughter). He just sent her away. And Samson's wife was just 'given' to his best friend, no divorce mentioned.
Here are the Deuteronomic requirements for divorce: (Deuteronomy 24:1-4)
If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

That's it. So, why wasn't divorce mentioned more frequently in the Bible? After all, this is a pretty loose standard. Heck, in today's no fault divorce world, this is easy-peasy divorce.

I do not think it was because the Bible people were any better than we are today. Nor do I think it was because the Jewish people were somehow 'better at marriage'. What I do think is probably the cause is dowry and property rights. If you divorced, you had to return the dowry and if the woman came with property, you had to give it back. Plus, you probably had to deal with her father and brothers. And justice was a little more physical than it is today.
So, my answer is money and land.
Do you disagree?

Proverbs 18:22
And I think it is funny that the proverb today is : He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.