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Named at 2 Samuel 5:14 among those born to David in Jerusalem. 5:13–16 says that David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and that more sons and daughters were born to David: “These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.” 2 Samuel 12:24–25 says that Bathsheba, David’s wife, bore a son, “and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him; and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD’s sake”. 1 Kings 1:38–39 says that Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon, that Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent and anointed Solomon, and that all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”; 1:45–46 that Jonathan said, “Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon”, and “Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom”; 2:12, “Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established”; 2:23–24 that King Solomon swore by the LORD, “surely Adonijah shall be put to death today”; 2:26–35 that the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields”, and, when Benaiah brought him word again of Joab, said, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him, that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house”; and 2:36–46 that the king said to Shimei, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else”, and it ends, “The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.” 1 Kings 3:1–5:18 says that Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaoh’s daughter, that in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and Solomon asked for an understanding heart, and that the king judged between two women who were prostitutes; it says that King Solomon was king over all Israel and names his princes and the twelve officers he had over all Israel; and it says that he had dominion on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, that he was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, and that he made a treaty with Hiram king of Tyre and raised a levy out of all Israel. 1 Kings 6:1 says that in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the LORD’s house; 6:37–38, that in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and that he spent seven years building it; 7:1, that Solomon was building his own house thirteen years; 7:13, that King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre; and 7:48–51, that Solomon made all the vessels that were in the LORD’s house, among them the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold, and the lamp stands of pure gold, and brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and put them in the treasuries of the LORD’s house. 1 Kings 8:1–5 says that Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion, and that King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel sacrificed sheep and cattle before the ark; at 8:22–54 Solomon stands before the LORD’s altar, spreads out his hands toward heaven and prays all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, and at 8:54–55 he arises from before the altar and blesses all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice; at 8:63–65 Solomon offers to the LORD for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty two thousand head of cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep, and holds the feast seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days; at 9:1–9 the LORD appears to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon; and at 9:10–28 King Solomon gives Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee, conscripts forced labor, builds Gezer, Beth Horon the lower, Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, and makes a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber. 1 Kings 10:1–13 says that when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard questions, and that Solomon answered all her questions; 10:14–29, that the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, that King Solomon made bucklers and shields of beaten gold and a great throne of ivory, that the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea, that King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom, that Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and that the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; 11:1–13, that King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, that when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and that the LORD was angry with Solomon and said to him, “I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant”; 11:14–40, that the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, and that God raised up another adversary to Solomon, Rezon the son of Eliada, that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, lifted up his hand against the king, and that Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and 11:41–43 asks of the rest of the acts of Solomon, “aren’t they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?”, and says that the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years, and that Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city. 1 Chronicles 22:5–10 says that David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries”, and that he called for Solomon his son and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel, saying to him, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. But the LORD’s word came to me, saying, ‘… Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’” 1 Chronicles 29:22 says, “They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be prince”, and 29:23–25, “Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of King David submitted themselves to Solomon the king. The LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.” 2 Chronicles 1:3–12 says that Solomon offers one thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon and asks for wisdom and knowledge; 2:1–18 says that he plans the LORD’s house and his own house, corresponds with Huram king of Tyre about a craftsman and timber, and counts the foreign workers. 2 Chronicles 3:1–4:22 says Solomon begins the LORD’s house on Mount Moriah, makes the house and its bronze and golden vessels, and as king casts bronze vessels between Succoth and Zeredah. 2 Chronicles 5:1–7:22 says Solomon gathers the elders to bring the ark from Zion into the house, blesses the assembly and prays, dedicates the house, and hears the LORD’s answer by night. 2 Chronicles 8:1–9:31 says Solomon completes the house and palace, builds cities, answers the queen of Sheba, reigns over Israel in Jerusalem forty years, and dies and is buried in David’s city. Matthew 1:6 names him in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17: “David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.” Matthew 6:29 and Luke 12:27 speak of “Solomon in all his glory”, and Matthew 12:42 and Luke 11:31 of “the wisdom of Solomon” and of one “greater than Solomon”. Acts 7:47 says, “But Solomon built him a house.”

Directly connected entries 118

Direct relationships 118

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David (Person)DavidRehoboam (Person)Absalom (Person)AbsalomAdonijah (Person)Bathsheba (Person)BathshebaTaphath (Person)TaphathBasemath (daughter of Solomon) (Person)Bathsheba bears Solomon; the LORD loves him, and he is named Jedidiah (Event)Solomon rides on King David’s mule to Gihon, and Zadok the priest anoints him (Event)Adonijah, afraid because of Solomon, hangs onto the horns of the altar (Event)David, as the days come near that he should die, commands Solomon his son (Event)David, as the…David sleeps with his fathers and is buried in David’s city, and Solomon sits on David his father’s throne (Event)David sleeps …King Solomon swears that Adonijah shall be put to death today, and Benaiah falls on him (Event)King Solomon …The king tells Abiathar the priest to go to Anathoth, and thrusts Abiathar out from being priest to the LORD (Event)Joab flees to the LORD’s Tent and holds onto the horns of the altar, and Benaiah falls on him and kills him (Event)Joab flees to…The king tells Shimei to build a house in Jerusalem and live there (Event)Shimei goes to Gath and brings back his slaves, Benaiah falls on him, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon (Event)Solomon makes a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, brings Pharaoh’s daughter into David’s city, and sacrifices in the high places (Event)Solomon makes…The LORD appears in a dream to Solomon, who offered a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, and Solomon asks for an understanding heart (Event)God says he has given Solomon a wise and understanding heart, riches and honor, and Solomon awakes and comes to Jerusalem (Event)God says he h…Two women who were prostitutes argue before the king, and all Israel hears of the king’s judgment and fears the king (Event)Two women who…The princes of King Solomon, king over all Israel (Event)The twelve officers Solomon had over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household (Event)Solomon has dominion on this side of the River from Tiphsah to Gaza, and Judah and Israel live safely (Event)Solomon’s horses and horsemen, and the food those officers provide, every man in his month (Event)God gives Solomon wisdom, understanding and breadth of mind, and his fame is in all the nations around (Event)God gives Sol…Hiram king of Tyre sends his servants to Solomon, and Solomon sends to Hiram (Event)Hiram king of…Hiram rejoices greatly at the words of Solomon, and Hiram and Solomon make a treaty (Event)Hiram rejoice…King Solomon raises a levy out of all Israel and sends them to Lebanon by courses (Event)Solomon begins to build the LORD’s house (Event)The LORD’s word to Solomon concerning the house he is building (Event)The LORD’s wo…Hiram, the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, whom King Solomon brings out of Tyre (Event)Hiram finishes all the work in the LORD’s house, and the king casts the vessels between Succoth and Zarethan (Event)The ark of the LORD’s covenant brought up out of David’s city, which is Zion, and the cloud that fills the LORD’s house (Event)The twenty cities in the land of Galilee given to Hiram, and the name the land of Cabul (Event)What King Solomon conscripted forced labor to build, and Gezer, which Pharaoh king of Egypt had taken (Event)Pharaoh’s daughter comes up out of David’s city, and Millo is built (Event)The ships made in Ezion Geber, and the four hundred and twenty talents of gold fetched from Ophir (Event)The queen of Sheba comes to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions (Event)The chariots and horsemen Solomon gathers, and the horses brought out of Egypt (Event)The reason why Jeroboam the son of Nebat lifts up his hand against the king (Event)Jeroboam flees into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt (Event)Solomon sleeps with his fathers, and Rehoboam his son reigns in his place (Event)David calls for Solomon and commands him to build the house, and tells him the LORD’s word that came to him (Event)David calls f…David’s charge to Solomon goes on, with his words of what he has prepared for the LORD’s house (Event)David makes Solomon his son king over Israel and gathers the princes, the priests and the Levites (Event)David makes S…The plans of the house that David gives to Solomon his son (Event)The words to Solomon, to be strong and courageous and do it (Event)The assembly blesses the LORD, and they make Solomon king the second time and anoint him (Event)David the son of Jesse, who reigned forty years, dies, and Solomon his son reigns in his place (Event)Solomon offers burnt offerings at the high place in Gibeon (Event)Solomon’s chariots, horsemen, and trade in horses (Event)Huram king of Tyre answers Solomon and promises a craftsman and timber (Event)Solomon begins the LORD’s house on Mount Moriah (Event)The king casts the vessels between Succoth and Zeredah (Event)The ark of the LORD’s covenant brought from Zion into the most holy place (Event)Solomon prevails against Hamath Zobah and builds Tadmor and other cities (Event)Huram sends ships and seafarers who bring gold from Ophir (Event)The queen of Sheba tests Solomon in Jerusalem and sees his house (Event)The queen of …Solomon dies after forty years and Rehoboam reigns in his place (Event)

With this many connections the picture draws 60: the people and places, and the events with the most relationships. The other 58 are in the list below and in the full graph.

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Unresolved interpretation: The solemn assembly and the dismissal after the temple dedication
  • 1 Kings 8:65–66 says Solomon held the feast seven days and seven more days, then sent the people away on the eighth day.
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    • 1KI 8:62–66, engwebp

      62The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

      63Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty two thousand head of cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the LORD’s house.

      64The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before the LORD’s house; for there he offered the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.

      65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.

      66On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:8–10 says they held an assembly on the eighth day after seven days of altar dedication and seven days of the feast, and the king sent the people away on the twenty-third day of the seventh month.
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    • 2CH 7:8–10, engwebp

      8So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

      9On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

      10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

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The accounts arrange the feast and dismissal differently. This collection does not decide how the eighth day relates to the twenty-third day of the seventh month.

Unresolved interpretation: The direction of the gift of cities between Solomon and Huram
  • 1 Kings 9:10–14 says Solomon gave Hiram king of Tyre twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
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    • 1KI 9:10–14, engwebp

      10At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the LORD’s house and the king’s house

      11(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

      12Hiram came out of Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they didn’t please him.

      13He said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” He called them the land of Cabul to this day.

      14Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:1–2 says Solomon built the cities Huram had given him and settled Israelites there.
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The passages name opposite givers and recipients. This collection does not infer a sequence of transactions or whether the same cities are meant.

Unresolved interpretation: The number of Solomon’s chief officers
  • 1 Kings 9:23 gives five hundred fifty chief officers over Solomon’s work.
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    • 1KI 9:20–23, engwebp

      20As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel—

      21their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy—of them Solomon raised a levy of bondservants to this day.

      22But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondservants; but they were the men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

      23These were the five hundred fifty chief officers who were over Solomon’s work, who ruled over the people who labored in the work.

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:10 gives two hundred fifty chief officers who ruled over the people.
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    • 2CH 8:7–10, engwebp

      7As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel—

      8of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day.

      9But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

      10These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

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The collection keeps both figures and does not assume that the passages count different groups.

Unresolved interpretation: The weight of gold brought from Ophir
  • 1 Kings 9:26–28 gives four hundred twenty talents of gold brought from Ophir.
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    • 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp

      26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

      27Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

      28They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  • 2 Chronicles 8:17–18 gives four hundred fifty talents of gold brought from Ophir.
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    • 2CH 8:17–18, engwebp

      17Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

      18Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

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The figures remain with their sources, without adjusting them or assuming separate voyages.

Unresolved interpretation: The number of Solomon’s horse stalls
  • 1 Kings 4:26 gives forty thousand stalls for Solomon’s chariot horses and twelve thousand horsemen.
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    • 1KI 4:26–28, engwebp

      26Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

      27Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.

      28They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:25 gives four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
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    • 2CH 9:22–28, engwebp

      22So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

      23All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

      24They each brought tribute: vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules every year.

      25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen that he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

      26He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

      27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

      28They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands.

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The passages agree on the horsemen but differ on the stalls. This collection does not choose or correct either number.

Unresolved interpretation: Whether the Preacher of Ecclesiastes is Solomon
  • Ecclesiastes 1:1 calls the Preacher a son of David and king in Jerusalem; 1:12 says he was king over Israel. The book does not use the name Solomon.
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    • ECC 1:1–2, engwebp

      1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

      2“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

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    • ECC 1:12–18, engwebp

      12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

      13I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

      14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

      15That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

      16I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

      17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

      18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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  • 1 Kings 1:32–40 names Solomon as David’s choice to be anointed king over Israel. It does not mention the speaker of Ecclesiastes.
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    • 1KI 1:32–40, engwebp

      32King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king.

      33The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

      34Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

      35Then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.”

      36Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, “Amen. May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

      37As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

      38So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

      39Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

      40All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.

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The speaker remains a separate entry; identity with Solomon and whether “son of David” in 1:1 names an immediate father–son relation remain unresolved.

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Entry: Solomon (person-solomon)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 5:14 among those born to David in Jerusalem. 5:13–16 says that David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and that more sons and daughters were born to David: “These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.” 2 Samuel 12:24–25 says that Bathsheba, David’s wife, bore a son, “and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him; and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD’s sake”. 1 Kings 1:38–39 says that Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon, that Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent and anointed Solomon, and that all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”; 1:45–46 that Jonathan said, “Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon”, and “Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom”; 2:12, “Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established”; 2:23–24 that King Solomon swore by the LORD, “surely Adonijah shall be put to death today”; 2:26–35 that the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields”, and, when Benaiah brought him word again of Joab, said, “Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him, that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house”; and 2:36–46 that the king said to Shimei, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and live there, and don’t go anywhere else”, and it ends, “The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.” 1 Kings 3:1–5:18 says that Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaoh’s daughter, that in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night and Solomon asked for an understanding heart, and that the king judged between two women who were prostitutes; it says that King Solomon was king over all Israel and names his princes and the twelve officers he had over all Israel; and it says that he had dominion on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, that he was wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, and that he made a treaty with Hiram king of Tyre and raised a levy out of all Israel. 1 Kings 6:1 says that in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the LORD’s house; 6:37–38, that in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts, and that he spent seven years building it; 7:1, that Solomon was building his own house thirteen years; 7:13, that King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre; and 7:48–51, that Solomon made all the vessels that were in the LORD’s house, among them the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold, and the lamp stands of pure gold, and brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the vessels—and put them in the treasuries of the LORD’s house. 1 Kings 8:1–5 says that Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion, and that King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel sacrificed sheep and cattle before the ark; at 8:22–54 Solomon stands before the LORD’s altar, spreads out his hands toward heaven and prays all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, and at 8:54–55 he arises from before the altar and blesses all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice; at 8:63–65 Solomon offers to the LORD for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty two thousand head of cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep, and holds the feast seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days; at 9:1–9 the LORD appears to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon; and at 9:10–28 King Solomon gives Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee, conscripts forced labor, builds Gezer, Beth Horon the lower, Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, and makes a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber. 1 Kings 10:1–13 says that when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard questions, and that Solomon answered all her questions; 10:14–29, that the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold, that King Solomon made bucklers and shields of beaten gold and a great throne of ivory, that the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea, that King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom, that Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and that the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; 11:1–13, that King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, that when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and that the LORD was angry with Solomon and said to him, “I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant”; 11:14–40, that the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, and that God raised up another adversary to Solomon, Rezon the son of Eliada, that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, lifted up his hand against the king, and that Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and 11:41–43 asks of the rest of the acts of Solomon, “aren’t they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?”, and says that the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years, and that Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in his father David’s city. 1 Chronicles 22:5–10 says that David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries”, and that he called for Solomon his son and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel, saying to him, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. But the LORD’s word came to me, saying, ‘… Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. He shall build a house for my name; and he will be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’” 1 Chronicles 29:22 says, “They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be prince”, and 29:23–25, “Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of King David submitted themselves to Solomon the king. The LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.” 2 Chronicles 1:3–12 says that Solomon offers one thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon and asks for wisdom and knowledge; 2:1–18 says that he plans the LORD’s house and his own house, corresponds with Huram king of Tyre about a craftsman and timber, and counts the foreign workers. 2 Chronicles 3:1–4:22 says Solomon begins the LORD’s house on Mount Moriah, makes the house and its bronze and golden vessels, and as king casts bronze vessels between Succoth and Zeredah. 2 Chronicles 5:1–7:22 says Solomon gathers the elders to bring the ark from Zion into the house, blesses the assembly and prays, dedicates the house, and hears the LORD’s answer by night. 2 Chronicles 8:1–9:31 says Solomon completes the house and palace, builds cities, answers the queen of Sheba, reigns over Israel in Jerusalem forty years, and dies and is buried in David’s city. Matthew 1:6 names him in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17: “David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.” Matthew 6:29 and Luke 12:27 speak of “Solomon in all his glory”, and Matthew 12:42 and Luke 11:31 of “the wisdom of Solomon” and of one “greater than Solomon”. Acts 7:47 says, “But Solomon built him a house.”
Cited evidence: 1CH 3:5–9, engwebp / 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp / 1CH 6:4–15, engwebp / 1CH 6:31–32, engwebp / 1CH 14:3–7, engwebp / 1CH 18:3–8, engwebp / 1CH 22:2–5, engwebp / 1CH 22:6–10, engwebp (and 162 more of 170)
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