Solomon

Son of David by Bath-sheba

• 2 Samuel 12:24

  And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

• 1 Kings 1:13

  Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

• 1 Kings 1:17

  And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

• 1 Kings 1:21

  Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet

• 2 Samuel 12:24

  And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

• 2 Samuel 12:25

  And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

An ancestor of Joseph

• Matthew 1:6

  And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

Succeeds David to the throne of Israel

• 1 Kings 1:11–48

  Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? …

• 1 Kings 2:12

  Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

• 1 Chronicles 23:1

  So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

• Ecclesiastes 1:12

  I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 28

Anointed king a second time

• 1 Chronicles 29:22

  And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

His prayer for wisdom, and his vision

• 1 Kings 3:5–14

  In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. …

• 2 Chronicles 1:7–12

  In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. …

Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the temple

• 1 Kings 9:1–9

  And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. …

• 2 Chronicles 7:12–22

  And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. …

His rigorous reign

1 Kings 2

Builds the temple

• 1 Kings 9:10

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

• 1 Chronicles 6:10

  And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

• 2 Chronicles 7:11

  Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

• Jeremiah 52:20

  The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

1 Kings 5, 1 Kings 6, 2 Chronicles 2, 2 Chronicles 3, 2 Chronicles 4, Acts 7

Dedicates the temple

1 Kings 8, 2 Chronicles 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

• 2 Chronicles 8:12–16

  Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. …

• 2 Chronicles 35:4

  And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

• Nehemiah 12:45

  And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Builds his palace

• 1 Kings 3:1

  And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

• 1 Kings 7:1

  But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

• 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.

• 1 Kings 9:10

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

• 2 Chronicles 7:11

  Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

• 2 Chronicles 8:1

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

• Ecclesiastes 2:4

  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Builds his house, The Forest of Lebanon

• 1 Kings 7:2–7

  He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. …

Builds another house for Pharaoh' s daughter

• 1 Kings 7:8–12

  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. All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. …

• 1 Kings 9:24

  But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

• 2 Chronicles 8:11

  And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

• Ecclesiastes 2:4

  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Ivory throne of

• 1 Kings 7:7

  Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

• 1 Kings 10:18–20

  Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

Porches of judgment

• 1 Kings 7:7

  Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

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

• 1 Kings 9:15–19

  And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, …

• 2 Chronicles 9:25

  And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

Provides an armory

• 1 Kings 10:16

  And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

• 1 Kings 10:17

  And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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

• Ecclesiastes 2:4–6

  I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Imports apes and peacocks

• 1 Kings 10:22

  For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

Drinking vessels of his houses

• 1 Kings 10:21

  And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:20

  And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

Musicians and musical instruments of his court

• 1 Kings 10:12

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

• 2 Chronicles 9:11

  And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

• Ecclesiastes 2:8

  I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

The splendor of his court

• 1 Kings 10:5–9

  And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. …

• 1 Kings 10:12

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

• 2 Chronicles 9:3–8

  And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: …

• Ecclesiastes 2:9

  So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

• Matthew 6:29

  And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

• Luke 12:27

  Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Commerce of

• 1 Kings 9:28

  And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

• 1 Kings 10:11

  And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.

• 1 Kings 10:12

  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

• 1 Kings 10:22

  For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

• 1 Kings 10:28

  And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

• 1 Kings 10:29

  And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

• 2 Chronicles 1:16

  And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

• 2 Chronicles 1:17

  And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

• 2 Chronicles 8:17

  Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

• 2 Chronicles 8:18

  And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:13–22

  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. …

• 2 Chronicles 9:28

  And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Presents received by

• 1 Kings 10:10

  And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:9

  And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:23

  And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

• 2 Chronicles 9:24

  And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

Is visited by the Queen of Sheba

• 1 Kings 10:1–13

  And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. …

• 2 Chronicles 9:1–12

  And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, …

Wealth of

• 1 Kings 10:10

  And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

• 1 Kings 10:14

  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

• 1 Kings 10:15

  Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

• 1 Kings 10:23

  So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

• 1 Kings 10:27

  And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

• 2 Chronicles 1:15

  And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.

• 2 Chronicles 9:1

  And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

• 2 Chronicles 9:9

  And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

• 2 Chronicles 9:13

  Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

• 2 Chronicles 9:24

  And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

• 2 Chronicles 9:27

  And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

• Ecclesiastes 1:16

  I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

1 Kings 9

Has seven-hundred wives and three-hundred concubines

• 1 Kings 11:3

  And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

• Deuteronomy 17:17

  Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Their influence over him

• 1 Kings 11:4

  For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Marries one of Pharaoh' s daughters

• 1 Kings 3:1

  And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Builds idolatrous temples

• 1 Kings 11:1–8

  But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. …

• 2 Kings 23:13

  And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

His idolatry

• 1 Kings 3:3

  And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

• 1 Kings 3:4

  And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

• 2 Kings 23:13

  And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

• Nehemiah 13:26

  Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Extent of his dominions

• 1 Kings 4:21

  And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

• 1 Kings 4:24

  For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

• 1 Kings 8:65

  And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

• 2 Chronicles 7:8

  Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

• 2 Chronicles 9:26

  And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

Receives tribute (taxes)

• 1 Kings 4:21

  And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

• 1 Kings 9:21

  Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

• 2 Chronicles 8:8

  But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.

Officers of

• 1 Kings 2:35

  And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

• 1 Kings 4:1–19

  So king Solomon was king over all Israel. And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. …

• 2 Chronicles 8:9

  But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

• 2 Chronicles 8:10

  And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

His purveyors

• 1 Kings 4:7–19

  And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: …

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

• 1 Kings 4:7–23

  And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: …

• 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.

• 1 Kings 4:28

  Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

Military equipment of

• 1 Kings 4:26

  And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

• 1 Kings 4:28

  Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

• 1 Kings 10:16

  And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

• 1 Kings 10:17

  And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

• 1 Kings 10:26

  And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 10:28

  And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

• 2 Chronicles 1:14

  And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 9:25

  And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

• Deuteronomy 17:15

  Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

• Deuteronomy 17:16

  But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Cedes some inferior cities to Hiram

• 1 Kings 9:10–13

  And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. …

• 2 Chronicles 8:2

  That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Wisdom and fame of

• 1 Kings 4:29–34

  And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. …

• 1 Kings 10:3

  And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

• 1 Kings 10:4

  And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

• 1 Kings 10:8

  Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

• 1 Kings 10:23

  So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

• 1 Kings 10:24

  And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

• 1 Chronicles 29:24

  And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

• 1 Chronicles 29:25

  And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 9:2–7

  And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. …

• 2 Chronicles 9:22

  And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

• 2 Chronicles 9:23

  And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

• Ecclesiastes 1:16

  I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

• Matthew 12:42

  The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Piety of

• 1 Kings 3:5–15

  In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. …

• 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.

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Beloved of God

• 2 Samuel 12:24

  And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

Justice of, illustrated in his judgment of the two prostitutes

• 1 Kings 3:16–28

  Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. …

Oppressions of

• 1 Kings 12:4

  Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

• 2 Chronicles 10:4

  Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Reigns for forty years

• 2 Chronicles 9:30

  And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

Death of

• 2 Chronicles 9:29–31

  Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

Prophecies concerning

• 2 Samuel 7:12–16

  And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: …

• 1 Kings 11:9–13

  And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. …

• 1 Chronicles 17:11–14

  And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: …

• 1 Chronicles 28:6

  And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

• 1 Chronicles 28:7

  Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

• Psalms 132:11

  The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

A "type" of Christ

• Psalms 45:2–17

  Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. …