I really don't want to prove anyone wrong; but want to get correct info out there.
This may explain a bit better...
Question: "Who incited David to take the census in 2 Samuel 24, God or Satan?
Why was God so angry at David for taking the census?
Why did God punish the Israelite people when it was David who ordered the census?"
“Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel” (1 Chronicles 21:1). However, the wording of 2 Samuel 24:1 says that it was God who “moved David” to take the census.
This discrepancy can be explained by the understanding that sometimes God sovereignly permits Satan to act in order to achieve His purposes.
God uses Satan in various ways, among them the refining, disciplining and purification of disobedient believers (Luke 22:31-32; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10).
Such is the case with David. God allowed Satan to tempt him, and David sinned, revealing his pride and allowing God to deal with him for it.
You are absolutely correct in what you are quoting, but I still go back to 1 Kings 15:4, which obviously only points out the matter of Uriah the Hittite. If God is against polygyny, wouldn’t He have pointed it out here?
I can reason it this way, though keep in mind it is me talking not the Bible. In the matter of the census, David didn’t disobey a command, though he sinned. In the matter of Uriah the Hittite, he committed adultery and murder, both of which are violations of the Lord’s commands. If this is true, the we can conclude that polygyny is not a violation of the Lord’s commands. Whether that line of reasoning is correct or not is up to debate, I think, but the fact is that The Lord has not issued a command against polygyny except, depending on your understanding of the corresponding verses in the New Testament, for leaders of the church. Don’t you think if it was so sinful there would have been a clear command about it?