(flourished 10th century &BC;) son and successor of David and traditionally regarded as the greatest king of Israel. He maintained his dominions with military strength and established Israelite colonies outside his kingdom's borders. The crowning...

SOLOMON, or, in Hebrew, Shelomoh, was the son of David and third king of Israel and Judah (c. 960–920 BCE). During Solomon's reign the united kingdom reached its greatest extent and height of prosperity. The account of this reign, in 1...

(flourished 10th century &BC;) Son and successor of David. Nearly all that is known about him comes from the Bible (1 Kings 1–11 and 2 Chronicles 1–9). Through the efforts of his mother, Bathsheba, and the prophet Nathan, Solomon was...

(10th Century BCE). King of *Judah and *Israel. Solomon was the son of King *David by his wife Bathsheba and he was *anointed by *Zadok the *priest and *Nathan the *prophet. His kingdom extended from Egypt to the River Euphrates and through foreign...

r. c. 962-922 B.C. King of Israel who built massive fortifications, palaces, and a national temple in Jerusalem. Many of the technological details of his various construction projects, especially the temple, are given in the Bible (1 Kings 5-7). He was...

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King Solomon (Hebrew: שְ××Ö¹×Ö¹×", Standard ŠÉlomo or Šlomo Tiberian ŠÉlÅmÅh; Arabic: سÙ"ÙÙ...اÙ, Sulayman) is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the united Kingdom of Israel....