Solomon

Gender Masculine

Written שְׁלֹמֹה (Hebrew) Σολομών (Ancient Greek).

From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh), which is derived from the Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning “peace”.

Solomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew יְדִידְיָהּ Yedidyah), was an extremely wise king of the United Kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father King David. Described as king of the United Monarchy, which split into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled only over Judah.

According to the Talmud, Solomon is one of the 48 prophets of the Bible, and in the Quran, he is considered a major prophet, and Muslims generally refer to him by the Arabic variant Sulayman/Soleiman, son of Dawud/Daud (سُليمان بن داود).

The Hebrew Bible identifies him as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem, beginning in the fourth year of his reign, using the vast wealth that he and his father had accumulated. He dedicated the Temple to YHWH, and ruled following the portrait of excelling in wisdom, wealth and power.

Solomon is the subject of many other later references and legends, most notably in the first-century apocryphal work known as the Testament of Solomon. Even in the New Testament, he is portrayed as a master of wisdom and clothed in glory.

Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd (Arabic: سُلَيْمَان بْن دَاوُوْد, Solomon son of David) was, according to the Qur’ān, a Malik (مَلِك, king) and Nabī (prophet) of the Israelites. Islamic tradition generally holds that he was the third king of the Jewish people, and wise ruler for the nation. He was the third king of the Jewish people.

Islam views Solomon as one of GOD’s elect, who was granted many divine gifts, including the ability to speak with animals and spirits. Muslims also claim that he remained faithful to one and the same GOD throughout his life, reigned justly over all the Israelites, was blessed with a level of kingship that was not given to anyone else after him or before him, and fulfilled all the Commandments, being promised closeness to GOD in Paradise at the end of his life (Qur’an 38, 40). Arab historians consider Solomon as one of the greatest rulers of the World who ever existed.

The name Solomon is the Greek/Latin version of the original name Sholomoh, and he was David’s second son with Bathsheba (their first son died after seven days – 2Samuel 12, 18).
David already had at least six sons and one daughter when Solomon was born, and Bathsheba gave David three more sons besides Solomon. Then there were nine children by other wives and an unknown number of children with various concubines.
The name appears a total of 12 times in the Greek New Testament, but only in the Gospels and Acts, where it is spelled Σολομων. Note that Solomon is an ancestor of Christ only according to Matthew (Matthew 1, 6). The evangelist Luke traces Jesus’ lineage through Solomon’s brother Nathan (Luke 3, 31).

The son of David and Bat-Sheba and the third king of Israel (971-931 B.C.); once called Jedidiah (meaning “beloved of the LORD”) (2Sam 12, 24-25 ; 1 Kings 1, 11-40 ; 2, 2 ; Matt 1, 6). He was the first king of a dynasty; first kings were chosen by GOD who gave them His Spirit. But GOD appeared to Solomon at Gibeon, and gave him an “intelligent heart” (1Kings 3, 4-15). Thus Solomon became famous for his wisdom (1Kings 4, 29-34 ; Sir 47, 12-23 ; Mt 12, 42). Under Solomon the kingdom of Israel was at peace and very rich (1Kings 4, 21,25 ; 10, 14-29 ; Mt 6, 9). Solomon built the first temple in Jerusalem, and also a palace for himself (1Kings 6-7 ; 1Cr 22, 6-10 ; 2Macc 2, 8-12 ; Acts 7, 47). However, Solomon loved many foreign women (and had 700 wives and 300 concubines), and as a consequence he began to follow the gods of other nations. For this reason GOD promised to take the kingdom away from his son (1Kings 11, 1-13 ; 2Kings 23, 13 ; Ne 13, 26). So after Solomon’s death, his son Rehoboam reigned over the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and Jeroboam reigned over the other tribes (1Kings 12, 1-24 ; Mt 1, 7). He had at least two daughters, Taftath and Basmat (1 Kings 4, 11-15). Of his many writings (1Kings 5, 12), there are in the Bible two psalms (Ps 72 ; 127), most of the book of Proverbs (Pr 1, 1 ; 10, 1 ; 25, 1) and the books of Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes (CC 1, 1 ; Ec 1, 1).

There were sons of Solomon’s servants among those who returned to Jerusalem after the exile (Esd 2, 55-58 ; Ne 7, 57-60 ; 11, 3).

The porch (called) of Solomon (Jn 10, 23 ; Ac 3, 11 ; 5, 12) was the eastern part of the temple. It was here that the scribes taught and the merchants sold.