Solomon is generally characterised positively in the Old Testament. A number of non-biblical texts are associated or attributed to Solomon.
Two other poetic works include the Odes of Solomon ca. Brueggemann, Walter. Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament. Grabbe, Lester L. Ancient Israel: What do we know and how do we know it?
London; New York: Bloomsbury, London: Bloomsbury, Handy, L. Edited by Bill T. Arnold and Hugh G. In 1 Kings, 9 Solomon builds the temple to God. This ultimately resulted in God dividing up the kingdom. God decided to divide up the kingdom from the line of David but not to completely take it away because of the promise that he made to David.
After ruling the land for 40 years, Solomon died and was buried in the city of David. I am blessed and nourished for reading about King Solomon of Bible times online.
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Two mothers living in the same home, each the mother of a newborn son, came to Solomon in a dispute over the custody of a baby boy. One of the babies had died, and each claimed the remaining boy as her own. Calling for a sword, Solomon announced his judgment: the baby would be cut in two, each woman to receive half. One mother did not oppose the ruling, stating that if she could not have the baby then neither of them could, but the other begged Solomon, "Give the baby to her, just don't kill him!
The king declared the second woman the true mother, as a mother would even give up her baby if that was needed to save its life. The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties.
For who is able to govern this great people of yours? I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. And I will also give you wealth, possessions and honor, such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have. All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
Solomon is traditionally credited with writing the vast majority of Proverbs , the entire books of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes , plus a couple of Psalms.
Solomon obviously inherited a great deal of wealth from his father, David, who built up an immense treasury through the spoils of war. But it does give us some specifics. The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. It says he made them as common as stones in Jerusalem.
Similarly, cedar trees—which were traditionally the strongest, tallest, most beautiful trees—became as plentiful as one of the most common fruit trees. Solomon was an active participant in this change, too. He made silver and gold more common, and he made cedar more plentiful.
He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. He literally sent people to Egypt to get a horse and chariot. Solomon built the first Jewish temple, which immediately became a focal point of the Jewish faith.
But the story of the temple begins long before Solomon. While the tabernacle was elaborate, beautiful, and meticulously designed, it was essentially a fancy tent. He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
Later, God reveals that this was because David had shed too much blood 1 Chronicles , 1 Chronicles The actual building of the temple is recorded in 2 Chronicles 2—5 and 1 Kings In the fourth year of his reign 1 Kings , with more than , workers, Solomon began the seven-year project 1 Kings While it was lavishly constructed with gold-overlaid cedar, luxurious furnishings, and a valuable treasury, the temple was surprisingly small.
It was only about 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high 1 Kings , 2 Chronicles According to 1 Kings , Solomon had wives and concubines!
A concubine was a sexual partner of lower status than a wife, often essentially a sex slave. The Bible is pretty clear that this was not what God intended or desired.
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