King and temple builder · United monarchy, c. 970–930 BC
Solomon in the Bible
Solomon asks for wisdom rather than long life or wealth and receives all three. He builds the first temple in Jerusalem and presides over Israel's widest borders, but his foreign alliances and their shrines set up the split that follows his death.
Verses mentioning Solomon
316 occurrences across 274 verses in the King James Version.
- 1 Kings 4:26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Read in context - 1 Kings 4:27
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
Read in context - 1 Kings 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Read in context - 1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Read in context - 1 Kings 4:34
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:2
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:7
And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:8
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. considered: Heb. heard
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:10
So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:11
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. measures: Heb. cors
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:12
And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:13
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. levy: Heb. tribute of men
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:15
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:16
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
Read in context - 1 Kings 5:18
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. stonesquares: or, Giblites
Read in context - 1 Kings 6:1
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. began: Heb. built
Read in context - 1 Kings 6:2
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
Read in context - 1 Kings 6:11
And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
Read in context - 1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
Read in context - 1 Kings 6:21
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
Read in context - 1 Kings 7:1
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Read in context - 1 Kings 7:8
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
Read in context - 1 Kings 7:13
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Read in context - 1 Kings 7:14
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. a widow's: Heb. the son of a widow woman
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