"left satisfied (1 Kings 10:10). Whether the passage is simply to provide a brief token, foreign witness of Solomon's wealth and wisdom, or whether there is meant to be something more significant to the queen's visit is unknown; nevertheless the visit of the Queen of Sheba has become the subject of numerous stories. Sheba is typically identified as Saba, a nation once spanning the Red Sea on the coasts of what are now Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen, in Arabia Felix. In a Rabbinical account (e.g. Targum Sheni), Solomon was accustomed to ordering the living creatures of the world to"
"and becomes king of Israel. The account also bears similarity to when Gideon led an army. See the above Gideon/Talut subsection. The story appears in 1 Kings 10:1–13 and 2 Chronicles 9: 1–13 and in verses Surah 27 20–44. The two stories have almost nothing in common. In each, the Queen of Sheba comes to visit Solomon and is impressed by his wisdom and riches. In the Bible, the visit is only diplomatic. In the Quran, the Queen becomes monotheist and peace is established in the kingdoms. Although not part of the Quran, Islamic tradition holds that the name of"
"Solomon Solomon (; , ""Shlomoh),"" also called Jedidiah (Hebrew ""Yedidyah""), was, according to the Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Quran, and Hadiths, a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel who succeeded his father, King David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. According to"
"Queen of the South (biblical reference) Queen of the South (, ""basilissa notou"") is an alternative title for the Queen of Sheba, used in two passages in the New Testament, where Jesus said: Occasionally, biblical translators have used the phrase """"a"" Queen of the South"", the Greek having no article, but this has been criticized as incorrect. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba (or “Queen of the South”) occurs in 1 Kings 10. The Queen had heard about Solomon’s fame and his relationship with the Lord, so she came to Solomon with a list of deep questions. According to"
"Greeks and Ahasuerus. Masonic rituals refer to King Solomon and the building of his Temple. Masonic Temples, where a Masonic Lodge meets, are an allegorical reference to King Solomon's Temple. Solomon Solomon (; , ""Shlomoh),"" also called Jedidiah (Hebrew ""Yedidyah""), was, according to the Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Quran, and Hadiths, a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel who succeeded his father, King David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would"
"in the Septuagint. Hadad the Edomite Hadad the Edomite is a character mentioned in the First Book of Kings who was an adversary of King Solomon after Solomon turned to idols. Some scholars believe the text should read Hadad the Aramean. ""And the raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite."" (1 Kings 11:14, ESV) According to the account in 1 Kings, Hadad was a survivor of the royal house of Edom after the slaughter at the hands of Joab. He escaped as a child to Egypt, where he was raised by Pharaoh and married the queen's sister. After"
"Simeon (Gospel of Luke) Simeon (Simeon the God-receiver) at the Temple is the ""just and devout"" man of Jerusalem who, according to , met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth at the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. According to the Biblical account, Simeon had been visited by the Holy Spirit and told that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ. On taking Jesus into his arms he uttered a prayer, which is still used liturgically as"
"to be moved into her own palace. The narrative in 1 Kings 11:1–10 describes Pharaoh's daughter and all of Solomon's wives as leading Solomon into the temptation of straying from the true worship of the God of Israel. 1 Kings 11:11–13 says that Solomon's actions caused Yahweh to tell the King that the only thing keeping him from rending the kingdom from him to ""give it to thy servant"" was ""for David thy father's sake"". Instead Solomon’s punishment would fall on ""the hand of thy son"" who was to be stripped of all but ""one tribe"". 1 Kings 11:14-22 says"
"Hadad the Edomite Hadad the Edomite is a character mentioned in the First Book of Kings who was an adversary of King Solomon after Solomon turned to idols. Some scholars believe the text should read Hadad the Aramean. ""And the raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite."" (1 Kings 11:14, ESV) According to the account in 1 Kings, Hadad was a survivor of the royal house of Edom after the slaughter at the hands of Joab. He escaped as a child to Egypt, where he was raised by Pharaoh and married the queen's sister. After the death of"
"Tyre (see 'wealth' below); they sent out joint expeditions to the lands of Tarshish and Ophir to engage in the trade of luxury products, importing gold, silver, sandalwood, pearls, ivory, apes and peacocks. Solomon is considered the most wealthy of the Israelite kings named in the Bible. Solomon was the biblical king most famous for his wisdom. In 1 Kings he sacrificed to God, and God later appeared to him in a dream asking what Solomon wanted from God. Solomon asked for wisdom. Pleased, God personally answered Solomon's prayer, promising him great wisdom because he did not ask for self-serving"
"produces it, while its food is the fruit of the ground."" The answer to the former is, ""a tree, which, when its top is removed, can be made into a moving ship""; the answer to the latter is, ""a wick."" The rabbis who denounce Solomon interpret I Kings 10:13 as meaning that Solomon had criminal intercourse with the Queen of Sheba, the offspring of which was Nebuchadnezzar, who destroyed the Temple (comp. Rashi ad loc.). According to others, the sin ascribed to Solomon in I Kings 11:7 et seq. is only figurative: it is not meant that Solomon fell into"
"is described in 1 Kings 10: A Jewish tradition holds that the throne was removed to Babylon, then Ahasuerus sat on the throne of Solomon. Another tradition holds that six steps related to six terms for the earth. The New Testament speaks only of the ""throne of David,"" as in the angel Gabriel's message in Luke 1:32 in relation to the Davidic line, and notably the Gospel of Luke gives the descent of Jesus via Nathan (son of David), not Solomon. In religious tradition the Seat of Wisdom in Roman Catholic tradition is associated with Solomon, and in art, such"
"Ophir Ophir (; ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a cargo from Ophir every three years, which consisted of gold, silver, sandalwood, pearls, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Ophir in Genesis 10 (the Table of Nations) is said to be the name of one of the sons of Joktan. The Books of Kings and Chronicles tell of a joint expedition to Ophir by King Solomon and the Tyrian king Hiram I from Ezion-Geber, a port on the Red Sea, that brought back large amounts of gold, precious stones and 'algum"
"to Jerusalem to visit him. She is enthralled by his display of learning and knowledge, and declares ""From this moment I will not worship the sun, but will worship the Creator of the sun, the God of Israel"" (chapter 28). The night before she begins her journey home, Solomon tricks her into sleeping with him, and gives her a ring so that their child may identify himself to Solomon. Following her departure, Solomon has a dream in which the sun leaves Israel (chapter 30). On the journey home, she gives birth to Menelik (chapter 32). At the age of 22,"
"of Damascus, and brought back all the people and possessions, including Lot and his possessions. When Abram returned, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh, the Valley of the King. King Melchizedek of Salem (Jerusalem), a priest of God Most High, brought out bread and wine and blessed Abram and God Most High, and Abram gave him a tenth of everything. The fourth reading (, ""aliyah"") ends here. In the fifth reading (, ""aliyah""), the king of Sodom offered Abram to keep all the possessions if he would merely return the people, but"
"he, on looking at the gems, thought it was still night. He continued to sleep, with the keys of the Temple under his pillow; and the priests therefore were unable to offer the morning sacrifice. They informed his mother, Bath-sheba, who roused the king when four hours of the day had flown. She then reprimanded him for his conduct; and the verses of Proverbs 31:1–9 are considered by the Rabbis as having been pronounced by Bathsheba on that occasion."" In the Talmud at Shab. 56b the rabbinical defenders of Solomon say that the sin ascribed to him in 1 Kings"
") came to Jerusalem ""with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones"" (I Kings 10:2). ""Never again came such an abundance of spices"" (10:10; II Chron. 9:1–9) as those she gave to Solomon. She came ""to prove him with hard questions,"" which Solomon answered to her satisfaction. They exchanged gifts, after which she returned to her land. The use of the term ""ḥiddot"" or 'riddles' (I Kings 10:1), an Aramaic loanword whose shape points to a sound shift no earlier than the sixth century B.C., indicates a late origin for the text."
"of Solomon's is destroyed because of the sins he committed. According to 1 Kings 11:4 Solomon's ""wives turned his heart after other gods"", their own national deities, to whom Solomon built temples, thus incurring divine anger and retribution in the form of the division of the kingdom after Solomon's death (1 Kings 11:9–13). In the movie we see Solomon is taking away Sofia to the vineyards who caused him much trouble. It might be a suggestion that there is a possible unholy turn of events await the character Solomon of the film to where he takes her to just like"
"and in the U.S. on November 2, 2010. The story revolves around the troubles Bartimaeus faces while enslaved to Solomon's magicians, as he gets caught between the plots of his master to overthrow Solomon, and the schemes of Asmira, captain of the guard of the Queen of Sheba who sent her to assassinate Solomon. In a Bartimaeus trilogy forum, Jonathan Stroud has remarked that he was planning to make a Bartimaeus ""bible"". In fact, the main characters' names were borrowed from the Bible. The biblical Bartimaeus was a man whom Jesus cured from his blindness. Nathaniel, John and Ptolemy were"
"Solomon (film) Solomon is a 1997 television film for RAI that retells the Bible's story of Solomon. Directed by Roger Young, it stars Ben Cross as Solomon, Vivica A. Fox as the Queen of Sheba, Anouk Aimée as Bathsheba and Max von Sydow as David. The film begins with David still king of Israel. His sons Adonijah and Solomon are fierce rivals because both are prospective heirs to the throne. Adonijah challenges Solomon to chariot race during a hunting expedition, which Solomon wins because Adonijah loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem but"
"Throne of Solomon The Throne of Solomon is the throne of King Solomon in the Hebrew Bible, and is a motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The term ""throne of Solomon"" does not occur in the Hebrew Bible; though Benaiah the son of Jehoiada blesses the elderly David saying ""may the LORD... make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."" (1 Kings 1:36). Otherwise the throne is seen as either David's or belonging to God himself; ""Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king"" (1 Chronicles 29:23). The design of the physical throne itself"
"flower-scented breezes and nightingales' songs lull them to rest. The wisdom of Solomon is presented in the famous biblical story of the two harlots who each claimed a single baby as her own. Solomon offers to solve the case by splitting the infant in half with his sword but the real mother rejects this solution and offers to hand the child over to the other woman, as Solomon knew the true parent would do. The First Harlot and the chorus praise Solomon's judgement. In Act Three we see a state visit from the Queen of Sheba to Solomon's kingdom. The"
"the [sacred] tree, which he cut down, is at the foot of the mount."" According to the hypothesis that much of the material in the Hebrew Bible was written at a late date by a so-called ""Deuteronomist"", references to Hiram I's relations with Solomon, king of Israel, are often re-dated by scholars to the reign of Hiram II and the Israelite king Ahaz. Thus, the incident recorded in 1 ""Kings"" 5—where Hiram presented Solomon with cedar for his temple—may in fact reflect the renovation of the temple undertaken by Ahaz and recorded in 2 ""Kings"" 16. The Tyrian king would"
"of Queen Makeda of Ethiopia. Having returned to Ethiopia, Tamrin told the queen of the wonderful things he had seen in Jerusalem, and of Solomon's wisdom and generosity, whereupon she decided to visit Solomon. She was warmly welcomed, given a palace for dwelling, and received great gifts every day. Solomon and Makeda spoke with great wisdom, and instructed by him, she converted to Judaism. Before she left, there was a great feast in the king's palace. Makeda stayed in the palace overnight, after Solomon had sworn that he would not do her any harm, while she swore in return that"
"above, is to glorify King Solomon, and his wisdom is one of the account's dominant themes. The exceptions are: The first two chapters (1 Kings 1–2), which according to many scholars portray a dubious image of Solomon, and as stated above, are sometimes ascribed to a separate work; And the last chapter in the account (11), which describes Solomon's sins in his old age. Nevertheless, many scholars point out to elements in the account that criticize Solomon, anticipating his downfall in chapter 11. In its immediate context, the story follows the account of Solomon's dream at Gibeon, in which he"
"the key houses of worship; reigned justly over the whole of the Israelites; was blessed with a level of Kingship which was given to none after him and before him; and fulfilled all of his commandments, being promised nearness to God in Paradise at the end of his life. Arab historians regarded Solomon as one of the greatest rulers around the world. In the earliest narrative involving Solomon, the Qur'an says that Solomon was in the company of his father, when two men came to ask David to judge between them regarding a ""ḥarth"" (, field). The first of the"
"""Hud-hud"" (, Green peafowl or Hoopoe) missing from the assembly. Shortly later, however, the Hud-hud arrived to Solomon's court, saying ""I have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to thee from Saba’ with tidings true."" The Hud-hud further told Solomon that the people of Sheba worshiped the Sun, but that the woman who ruled the Kingdom was highly intelligent and powerful. Solomon, who listened closely, chose to write a letter to the land of Sheba, through which he would try to convince the people of Sheba to cease in worshiping the Sun, and to come"
"texts. Solomon is a wise prophet selected as the crown prince by his father King David (Dawud in Islamic texts) when he was 9. Following Prophet David's death, Solomon succeeds to the crown and God appoints him as a prophet. Requesting from God the establishment of a divine kingdom, Solomon takes the wind under his command and jinns and demons under his control. Inviting rulers of the neighbouring lands to the monotheistic religion, Prophet Solomon continues his divine mission in as much as Balqis, the Queen of Sheba professes monotheism. At the end, while leaning on his cane, Solomon bids"
"Sheba is kept and ventures on to Afar, possibly ancient Ophir. Shah’s desire was to reach the cursed mountain of Tulu Wallel, where decades before an English adventurer called Frank Hayter claimed to have discovered the gold mines of King Solomon. In Search of King Solomon's Mines In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah. Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s"
"Solomon by removing 10 of the 12 Tribes of Israel from the Israelites. Near the end of his life, Solomon was forced to contend with several enemies, including Hadad of Edom, Rezon of Zobah, and one of his officials named Jeroboam who was from the tribe of Ephraim. According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon is the last ruler of a united Kingdom of Israel. He dies of natural causes at around 60 years of age. Upon Solomon's death, his son, Rehoboam, succeeds him. However, ten of the Tribes of Israel refuse to accept him as king, splitting the United Monarchy"
"(Siloam) to be provided by King Hezekiah. Furthermore, explicitly mentions northern Israelites who had been spared by the Assyrians—in particular, members of Dan, Ephraim, Manasseh, Asher, and Zebulun—and how members of the latter three returned to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem at that time. The Hebrew Bible does not use the phrase ""ten lost tribes"", leading some to question the number of tribes involved. states that the kingdom would be taken from Solomon and ten tribes given to Jeroboam: According to Zvi Ben-Dor Benite: Centuries after their disappearance, the ten lost tribes sent an indirect but vital sign ..."
"Kings 23:33; 25:21), whose king congratulated King David on his victory over Hadadezer, king of Zobah (2 Samuel 8:9-11; 1 Chronicles 18:9-11). In God’s instructions to Moses, Hamath is specified as part of the northern border of the land that will fall to the children of Israel as an inheritance when they enter the land of Canaan. Solomon, it would seem, took possession of Hamath and its territory and built store cities. 1 Kings 8:65 names the ""entrance of Hamath"", or Lebo-Hamath, as the northern border of Israel at the time of the dedication of the first temple in Jerusalem."
"Solomon's Temple According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was the Holy Temple (: ""Beit HaMikdash"") in ancient Jerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BCE and its subsequent replacement with the Second Temple in the 6th century BCE. The Hebrew Bible states that the temple was constructed under Solomon, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah and that during the Kingdom of Judah, the temple was dedicated to Yahweh, and is said to have housed the Ark of the Covenant. Jewish historian Josephus says"