Solomon
Also known as: King Solomon, Jedidiah
King · Builder of the Temple
Key Events
- 1Asked God for wisdom — received it beyond all others
- 2Built the Temple in Jerusalem over 7 years
- 3Queen of Sheba amazed: "the half was not told me"
- 4700 wives turned his heart to foreign gods
- 5Wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
- 6Kingdom divided after his death
What Scripture Says (273 verses)
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
2 Samuel · Chapter 5
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
2 Samuel · Chapter 12
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1 Kings · Chapter 1
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
1 Kings · Chapter 1
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings · Chapter 1
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Church Tradition
Death
Died, buried in Jerusalem
Location: Jerusalem
Source: 1 Kings 11:43
Details
- From
- Jerusalem
- Verses
- 273
- Category
- king
Key Verses
1 Kings 3:9-12
1 Kings 6:1
1 Kings 8:11
1 Kings 10:7
1 Kings 11:3-4
Ecclesiastes 1:2