I guess we are supposed to believe that an ordinary man, acting without divine guidance, could not have devised this plan. All the judgment indicates, however, is that Solomon understood something about maternal instincts. But there's still more to consider about Solomon that should make us all grateful that God didn't choose one of us to be the recipient of the greatest wisdom ever bestowed upon a human being. My, my, even for Solomon this is excess gone to seed. Add to these the 300 concubines that for some reason he also felt a need for, and you have a case of 1,000 women trapped in a situation of hopeless misery.
Women are human beings.
Bibliolaters may not want to believe this, but women are human beings. They have emotional needs that must be met if they are to enjoy normal lives, and Solomon couldn't have possibly provided for the emotional needs of a thousand women. No doubt many of them were young women with normal physical needs, and you can bet that Solomon, while demanding their complete fidelity, wasn't capable of accommodating those needs. Another of Solomon's great claims to fame has to do with his outstanding leadership and abilities as ruler of the united kingdom of Israel. The Bible, in its usual contradictory fashion, would have us believe that everything was rosy throughout the land.