SOLOMON

Son of David by Bath-sheba

2Sa 12:24; 1Ki 1:13,17,21

Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet

2Sa 12:24,25

An ancestor of Joseph

Mt 1:6

Succeeds David to the throne of Israel

1Ki 1:11-48; 2:12; 1Ch 23:1; 28; Ec 1:12

Anointed king a second time

1Ch 29:22

His prayer for wisdom, and his vision

1Ki 3:5-14; 2Ch 1:7-12

Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

1Ki 9:1-9; 2Ch 7:12-22

His rigorous reign

1Ki 2

Builds the temple

1Ki 5; 6; 9:10; 1Ch 6:10; 2Ch 2; 3; 4; 7:11; Jer 52:20; Ac 7

Dedicates the temple

1Ki 8; 2Ch 6

Renews the courses of the priests and Levites, and the forms of service according to the commandment of Moses and the regulations of David

2Ch 8:12-16; 35:4; Ne 12:45

Builds his palace

1Ki 3:1; 7:1,8; 9:10; 2Ch 7:11; 8:1; Ec 2:4

Builds his house, The Forest of Lebanon

1Ki 7:2-7

Builds another house for Pharaoh's daughter

1Ki 7:8-12; 9:24; 2Ch 8:11; Ec 2:4

Ivory throne of

1Ki 7:7; 10:18-20

Porches of judgment

1Ki 7:7

Builds Millo (a stronghold), the wall around Jerusalem, the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer, Beth-horon, Baalath, Tadmor, store cities, and cities for chariots, and for cavalry

1Ki 9:15-19; 2Ch 9:25

Provides an armory

1Ki 10:16,17

Plants vineyards and orchards of all kinds of fruit trees; makes pools

Ec 2:4-6

Imports apes and peacocks

1Ki 10:22

Drinking vessels of his houses

1Ki 10:21; 2Ch 9:20

Musicians and musical instruments of his court

1Ki 10:12; 2Ch 9:11; Ec 2:8

The splendor of his court

1Ki 10:5-9,12; 2Ch 9:3-8; Ec 2:9; Mt 6:29; Lu 12:27

Commerce of

1Ki 9:28; 10:11,12,22,28,29; 2Ch 1:16,17; 8:17,18; 9:13-22,28

Presents received by

1Ki 10:10; 2Ch 9:9,23,24

Is visited by the Queen of Sheba

1Ki 10:1-13; 2Ch 9:1-12

Wealth of

1Ki 9; 10:10,14,15,23,27; 2Ch 1:15; 9:1,9,13,24,27; Ec 1:16

Has seven-hundred wives and three-hundred concubines

1Ki 11:3; with De 17:17

Their influence over him

1Ki 11:4

Marries one of Pharaoh's daughters

1Ki 3:1

Builds idolatrous temples

1Ki 11:1-8; 2Ki 23:13

His idolatry

1Ki 3:3,4; 2Ki 23:13; Ne 13:26

Extent of his dominions

1Ki 4:21,24; 8:65; 2Ch 7:8; 9:26

Receives tribute (taxes)

1Ki 4:21; 9:21; 2Ch 8:8

Officers of

1Ki 2:35; 4:1-19; 2Ch 8:9,10

His purveyors

1Ki 4:7-19

Divides his kingdom into subsistence departments; the daily, subsistence rate for his court

1Ki 4:7-23,27,28

Military equipment of

1Ki 4:26,28; 10:16,17,26,28; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; with De 17:15,16

Cedes some inferior cities to Hiram

1Ki 9:10-13; 2Ch 8:2

Wisdom and fame of

1Ki 4:29-34; 10:3,4,8,23,24; 1Ch 29:24,25; 2Ch 9:2-7,22,23; Ec 1:16; Mt 12:42

Piety of

1Ki 3:5-15; 4:29; 8

Beloved of God

2Sa 12:24

Justice of, illustrated in his judgment of the two prostitutes

1Ki 3:16-28

Oppressions of

1Ki 12:4; 2Ch 10:4

Reigns for forty years

2Ch 9:30

Death of

2Ch 9:29-31

Prophecies concerning

2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ki 11:9-13; 1Ch 17:11-14; 28:6,7; Ps 132:11

A "type" of Christ

Ps 45:2-17