Solomon

Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was a king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under a united Israel and Judah. His reign is hypothesized to have lasted from . According to the biblical narrative, his reign brought commercial prosperity through alliances and trade, but his accumulation of wealth, horses, and foreign wives, many of whom introduced idolatry, led to divine punishment. After Solomon's death, his son Rehoboam’s harsh policies led the northern I

thumb|Folio from Samarkand Kufic Quran with surah Al-Anbiya. Late 8th–early 9th century. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]

possible Israelite kingdom of Israel and Judah (c. 1047–930 BCE)

archaeological site in West Azarbaijan, Iranian national heritage site

legendary carpet used for transportation

Jeroboam I (; Hebrew: Yārŏḇʿām; ), frequently cited Jeroboam son of Nebat, was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel following a revolt of the ten tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy. According to the book of 1 Kings, he reigned for 22 years and "there was war continually between Rehoboam and Jeroboam". Jeroboam also fought Abijam son of Rehoboam king of Judah. Jeroboam is often described as "doing evil in the sight of the Lord"

fictional character in DC Comics

According to 2 Samuel, Adonijah (, ’Ǎḏōnīyyā; "my lord is Yah") was the fourth son of King David. His mother was Haggith as recorded in the book of . Adonijah was born at Hebron during the long conflict between David and the House of Saul. In 1 Kings, he briefly proclaimed himself king of Israel during the terminal illness of his father David, before peacefully ceding the throne to his brother Solomon.

prophet, king and son of David in Islam

biblical prophet in the Old Testament (First Book of Kings)

Tarshish (; ; ) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia and the Land of Israel. Tarshish was said to have exported vast quantities of important metals to Phoenicia and Israel. The same place name occurs in the Akkadian inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian emperor Esarhaddon (died 669 BC) and also on the Phoenician inscription of the Nora Stone (around 800 BCE) in Sardinia; its precise location was never commonly known, and was eventually lost in antiquity. Legends grew up around

thumb|right|Death of Absalom, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Joab is depicted directly to the left of Absalom. Joab (; ), the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army according to the Hebrew Bible.

pseudepigraphical grimoire (book of spells)

Ophir (; ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its wealth. Its existence is attested to by an inscribed pottery shard found at Tell Qasile (in modern-day Tel Aviv) in 1946, dating to the eighth century BC, which reads "gold of Ophir to/for Beth-Horon [...] 30 shekels". The location of Ophir is unknown, though the find confirms it as a real place which exported gold.

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anonymous spellbook (grimoire) of the 17th century

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thumb|right|300px|Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba

Biblical psalm

thumb|right|Trachonitis on map from Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903)

ornament with two doubly-interlinked loops

underground vaulted space within the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, currently as a Muslim prayer hall

ancient reservoirs near Bethlehem, Palestine

story from the One Thousand and One Nights

Biblical king mentioned in Proverbs 31

comic book character created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck for Fawcett Comics

enemy of King Solomon mentioned in 1 Kings

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type of gemstone

Archaeological site in Israel

lost text referred to in 1 Kings 11:41: “And the rest of the acts of Solomon […], are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?”

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Second Book of Chronicles, chapter 1

Book of Proverbs, chapter 31

Old English poem about a dialogue of riddles between Solomon, the king of Israel, and Saturn, a prince of the Chaldeans

Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra was the final work of composer Ernest Bloch's Jewish Cycle. Schelomo (the Hebrew form of "Solomon"), which was written in 1915 to 1916, premiered on May 3, 1917, played by cellist Hans Kindler. Artur Bodanzky conducted the concert, which took place in Carnegie Hall. This concert included other works from Bloch's Jewish Cycle, including the premier of Bloch's work the Israel Symphony, which Bloch himself conducted. Three Jewish Tone Poems was also on the concert, but it had premiered two months earlier in Boston.

1 Kings, chapter 11

verse of the Bible

1 Kings, chapter 9

1 Kings, chapter 4

1 Kings, chapter 5

Legendary Persian sword