solomon

     

King Solomon (Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה, Stanard Šəlomo or Šlomo Tiberian Šəlōmōh; Ge'ez: ስለሞን, Arabic: سليمان, Sulayman, all from the triliteral root S-L-M, "peace") is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the united Kingdom of Israel. He was born in Jerusalem about 1000 BCE and reigned over Israel from 971 BCE to 931 BCE.

Trivia about solomon

  • In the Roman Catholic canon this book is the Song of Songs; for Protestants, it's the song of this
  • In Biblical book titles in English, the only "song" is the "Song of" this wise king
  • This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"
  • This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise
  • This wise son of David wrote songs as well as psalms & divided Israel into 12 administrative parts
  • The book of Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to this wise king
  • He said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"
  • The Song of Songs is also called the Song of him
  • He said, “Divide the living child in two & give half to the one (mother) & half to the other”
  • In 1 Kings 3:12 God said to him, "I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart"
  • The Bible says this wise king's ships went to Tarshish to bring back "gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks"
  • Name of this king, who had a peaceful reign, derives from "Shalom", meaning "peace"
  • Karl Goldmark's opera "The Queen Of Sheba" opens in the palace of this Biblical king
  • His "Song" says, "the vines with the tender grape give a good smell"
  • The authorship of Ecclesiastes is attributed to this "son of David, king in Jerusalem"
  • The Bible says this wise king had a throne of ivory overlaid with gold & decorated with lions
  • Jachin & Boaz were the names of the 2 pillars at the entrance to this king's temple
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  • This wise successor of David is also called Jedidiah, meaning "Yahweh's beloved"
  • You can read his "Song" in the Old Testament & his "Wisdom" in the apocrypha
  • "Divide the living child in two and give half to the one and half to the other"
  • Benaiah was commander of this wise king's army
  • After this king's death, the Hebrew kingdom split into the states of Judah & Israel
  • This king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"
  • A Psalm for this wise son of David predicts that "his enemies shall lick the dust"
  • Ethiopia's Order of this wise Biblical king is usually reserved for monarchs & heads of state
  • According to legend, the Arabian is descended from ancestors picked by this Biblical king, son of David
  • I Kings relates that this wise king had 700 wives & 300 concubines (Did I say wise?)
  • David's son by Bathsheba; he was also his successor
  • This son of Bathsheba was noted for a meeting with the Queen of Sheba
  • Rehoboam, king of Israel, was a son of this wise king by an Ammonite mother
  • David's son Adonijah asked to wed his late father's nurse; he was denied, & this brother of his had him whacked
  • This king is credited with writing in Ecclesiastes, "I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness"
  • The first verse of the book of Proverbs attributes its authorship to this man
  • The Queen of Sheba told this king, "Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard"
  • King David's wise son, he built the temple
  • This biblical king had 700 wives & 300 concubines; when did he find time to write all those songs?
  • With his temple finished around 950 B.C., he built palaces for himself & his wife, the daughter of a pharaoh
  • King whose reign was so rich that silver was said to have been as common as stones in Jerusalem
  • The chapel was built to the dimensions of this man's temple, as described in the Old Testament
  • The book of Proverbs is "The Proverbs of" this man, "The Son of David, King of Israel"
  • He sat on his father David's mule before taking his seat on the throne
  • The full name of the crusading Knights Templar was "The Poor Fellow-soldiers of Christ and of" this man's "Temple"
  • Sebastiano probably painted the "Judgement of" this Biblical king that was once attributed to Giorgione
  • At the opening of the first temple, he prayed to God "that thine eyes may be open toward this house"
  • The Hebrew kingdom split into Judah & Israel after the death of this king
  • In Proverbs this king writes, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"
  • In I Kings 2, this man sat "upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly"
  • 1 Kings tells us this king spoke 3,000 proverbs; only a fraction appear in Proverbs
  • This third king of Israel succeeded to the throne after half-brother Adonijah tried to seize it
  • He "said, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof"
  • "Who is able to judge... thy so great a people?"
  • The genie that the fisherman released had been bottled up by this king, the son of David
  • In 1 Kings 3, he wisely suggests cutting a child in two in order to reveal its true mother
  • David gave this son & successor advice & plans for building the temple in Jerusalem
  • 2 women dispute the parentage of a child in a scene from Handel's 1749 oratorio about this Biblical figure
  • 1989:"...and Sheba"
  • "The Wisdom of" this king is in the Apocrypha; his Hebrew name is Shlomo
  • Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him
  • In Proverbs 30:31 this son of David wrote about a greyhound, the only dog breed mentioned in the Old Testament
  • An island group east of New Guinea is named for the biblical king famous for his legendary gold mines

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