<html><div><Who do we know of that DID have plural wives, beyond Avraham, <br>Yaakov, and David Hamelech? And do we know WHY they (Dovid, for example) took the <br>additional ones?><br><br></div><div> The record holder (at least in Tanach) is, of course, Shlomo haMelech. And, whether factual or not, the story has it that Rabbeinu Gershom was motivated by his own unhappy experience.</div><div> </div><div> As for examples among Chazal, see Yevamos 37a, though they were not long-term relationships.</div><div> </div><div>EMT</div></html>