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Solomon
שלמה he سليمان ar سلیمان fa
King of Israel and son of David
Overview
king of Israel and son of DavidWikidata record description. Read Solomon in the Wikipedia reader.
In 15 other languages
Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
- 970 BCE – 931 BCE King of Israel Succeeded David · Succeeded by Rehoboam , Jeroboam I Hedged in the source
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Dates unrecorded prophet
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 17
Kinship in an account 14
- child of (child) Bathsheba biblical figure in 2 Samuel:11:2, wife of David
- child of (child) David king of Israel and Judah
- parent of (child) Basemath Wife of Ahimaaz the High Priest (First Book of Kings)
- parent of (child) Menelik I Emperor of Ethiopia
- parent of (father) Rehoboam First King of Judah
- parent of (child) Tafat antique princess
- partner of partner of: recorded as unknown
- partner of (spouse) Naamah wife of Solomon
- partner of (spouse) Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon) figure in the Hebrew Bible who is described as marrying Solomon to cement a political alliance between the United Monarchy of Israel and Egypt (First Book of Kings)
- partner of Queen of Sheba biblical figure
- partner of Shulamite biblical character
- sibling of Adonijah biblical character
- sibling of Amnon biblical character, son of King David
- sibling of Nathan third of four sons born to King David and Bathsheba
Family 3
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
- Written 631 CE
Qur’an
foundational Islamic religious text -
One Thousand and One Nights
collection of Middle Eastern folk stories -
Acts of the Apostles
book of the New Testament - Written 1320 CE
The Divine Comedy
Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri -
Second Book of Samuel
book of the Bible -
First Book of Kings
book of the Christian Old Testament correspoinding to the first half of the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible -
Second Book of Kings
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the second half of the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible -
First Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the first half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible - Written 1st millennium BCE
2 Maccabees
Deuterocanonical book on the Maccabean Revolt
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Second Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the second half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible -
Books of Chronicles
book of the Hebrew Bible, divided into two books in the Christian Old Testament -
Kebra Nagast
14th-century text about the Solomonic dynasty in Ethiopia - Written 1858 CE
The Hidden Words
Bahá'í scripture, written by Bahá'u'lláh around 1858 -
Solomon
oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel -
The Judgement of Solomon ↗
painting by Giorgione -
The Ring of Solomon ↗
2010 novel by Jonathan Stroud
Later works that name Solomon
Written in 1500 CE or later, and not religious texts: works that retell or borrow the figure, not sources for the life.
Also in films, games and series: Solomon & Sheba, Solomon and Sheba, The Kingdom of Solomon
Connections
Identification 2
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