Solomon means in the bible: Peaceable. He is the son of David and Bathsheba. His birth, 2 Sam. 5:14; 12:24; 1 Chr. 3:5; 14:4; Matt. 1:6. Crowned on Adonijah’s rebellion 1 Kgs. 1:10-53; 1 Chr. 23:1 He is charged by his father with 1 Kgs. 2:1-9; 1 Chr. 22:6-19, 28:9-21; follows 1 Kgs. 2:12; 1 Chr. 29:22-23, makes affinity to Pharaoh 1Kgs. 3:1; sacrifices at the highest places 3:3: The vision at Gibeon: 3:5-15, 9:2 and 2 Chr. 1:7-12, 7:12, his judgement between two mothers 1Kgs. His retainers 3:16-28 5; 2 Chr. 2 Chr. 6; 7:13-51; 2 Chr. 3-4; Acts 7.47; his home and the house in the forest of Lebanon 1Kgs. 7:1-8. Dedicates the temple 1 Kgs. 8; 2 Chr. 5-6; 7;1-11; his 2nd vision at Gibeon 1Kgs. 9:1-9; 2 Chr. 9:1-9; 2 Chr. 9:25; 2 Chr. 8:12, visited by Queen of Sheba 1Kgs. 10:1-13; 2 Chr. 9:1-12; Matt. 12:42, Luke 11:31. His fondness for foreign women and foreign gods 1Kgs. 11:1-8. God will rip the kingdom from him 11;9-13. His adversaries 11;14-28. Ahijah’s prophecy 11:11-39. The book of the Acts is 11:41. Died 11:43. 2 Chr. 9:31. The Proverbs of Solomon Prov. 1:01. New Testament References: Matt. 6:29, 12:42; Luke 11;31; 12;27.
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