Soloman (With malice towards one & all)

There is a full chapter dedicated to Solomon in the Bible. It is also mentioned that Solomon received from God the special gift of wisdom. We are also told that he loved luxury, and used to gather such exotica as gold, ivory, apes, peacocks, and silver. He also showed similar extravagance in his love life, by marring the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh, later the princesses of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and other nations. He had 700 wives in all, and 300 concubines. He even to please his wives he built alters to all there idol Gods.

My Observations: It is hard to imagine a man of God, who was special in the eyes of God, who was in constant touch with him, allow him to do all this. Why do the priest and nuns not follow his example, and marry, and why we lay men are not allowed to marry more than one wife.