And at the same time you will be showing where it was prohibited in the OT?
Polygamy is a very ancient practice found in many human societies.
Basically ALL passages in the Bible
where the practice of polygamy is mentioned also give a vivid picture
of the problems coming with it. There is NOT ONE passage which talks
about the blessings of polygamy. But there are dozens of passages
where polygamy is reported and it is always resulting in trouble,
jealousy and strife. It is always accompanied by unhappiness.
If one is at all sensitive to the meaning of stories, and the impact
of storytelling and the teaching through stories even without stating
things as "clear doctrine", then one will realize that this is more
than a subtle hint that polygamy is not recommended at all, and by
exposing its reality it is actually warning strongly against this
practice.
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Reporting the fact of sin is not the same as allowing sin as being
acceptable.
The Torah states in Deuteronomy 17, verse 17:
He [the king] must not take many wives,
or his heart will be led astray.
And what do the verses say which report about the fact of 700 wives and
300 concubines for King Solomon?
1 Kings 11:1-11 reads as follows
1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's
daughter--Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
2 They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites,
"You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn
your hearts after their gods." Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to
them in love.
3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,
AND HIS WIVES LED HIM ASTRAY.
Not only do the last two verses report that this was AGAINST God's law,
they also report that exactly the predicted result was coming to pass,
namely that they were leading Solomon astray from the worship of the one
true God only.
4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and
his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of
David his father had been.
5 He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech [1] the
detestable god of the Ammonites.
6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD
completely, as David his father had done.
7 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the
detestable god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the
Ammonites.
8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and
offered sacrifices to their gods.
9 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away
from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
10 Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods, Solomon did not
keep the LORD's command.
11 So the LORD said to Solomon, "Since this is your attitude and you have
not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most
certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your
subordinates.
| Also, king David is said to have had many wives and concubines (2 Samuel 5:13).
And even that didn't keep him from committing adultery with yet another woman.
But even if that hadn't happened, we do read much about the strife between the
children of the different wives, up to murder. If that doesn't send a clear
message...