Polygamy happened in most pre-modern societies because wives needed husbands more than husbands needed wives. That and the whole thing with large amounts of young men dying in things like war, natural disasters, etc.
Royal polygamy most certainly did have both its practical and divine limits, as in the case of Solomon, whose seven hundred wives most certainly did turn him away from both God and his fellow Israelites in late life. And when kings overstepped their bounds to take other men's wives, you most certainly heard from both the human and divine about it, as in the caase of David and Bathsheba
Addendum: it's looking like Mr. Manboobz deserves much less mocking derision and much, much more cold hatred than I originally thought.
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