[djreece]

I did not dispute that several in the Old Testament times had multiple wives. I disputed your assertion that God accepted and approved it as part of His plan.

At times David and Solomon were righteous men; at times they were absolutely evil. By your standard, we would also have to say God approved and accepted adultery and murder and idolatry as these two did these acts as well as polygamy. Furthermore, IIRC Isaac and Moses did not have multiple wives.

The development of polygamy and its promotion by certain sects of Christians was and is an affront to God. The whole record of polygamy in the Bible shows that it was an evil corruption of God's plan for the family that led to jealousy and strife.

However, if you see being one of many wives as the key to your personal happiness, I invite you to head on down to San Francisco City Hall where everyone is busy "doing what is right in their own eyes."

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

By your standard, we would also have to say God approved and accepted adultery and murder and idolatry as these two did these acts as well as polygamy.

Don't forget slavery! Lots of that in the OT and more Scriptural evidence too.

[Auntie Dem]

IIRC Isaac and Moses did not have multiple wives.

Moses married Zipporah and he had one son with her--Gershom. Exodus 4:20 says "And Moses took his wife and his sons (more than one) and set them upon an ass..." Later in verse 25: "Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son (one), and cast it at his feet..."

How did Moses manage to have two sons if he only had one son with his wife Zipporah?

He must have had another wife (apparently a second-class wife as she and her son re not mentioned by name)