person · also Jedidiah
Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹהΣολομών, Σαλωμών
- verses
- 272
- first named
- 2 Samuel 5:14
- last named
- Acts 7:47
- period
- United Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Solomon?
Solomon, also known as Jedidiah, was the son of King David and Bathsheba, and the third king of Israel (2Sa.12.24; 1Ch.3.5). He was born in Jerusalem and named Solomon by his parents, but the prophet Nathan called him Jedidiah, which means "beloved of the Lord" (2Sa.12.25).
Solomon ascended to the throne after his father David's death, following a power struggle with his older brother Adonijah (1Kings 1-2). As king, Solomon prayed for wisdom to govern his people, and God granted him exceptional wisdom, understanding, and knowledge (1Ki.3.1-15; 2Ch.1.1-12). His wisdom was demonstrated through his fair judgments, such as the famous case of the two women claiming the same baby (1Ki.3.16-28).
During his reign, Solomon undertook ambitious construction projects, most notably the building of the First Temple in Jerusalem, which took seven years to complete (1Kings 6; 2Chronicles 3-4). He also built a palace for himself, fortified cities, and established a strong military force (1Kings 7; 1Ki.9.15-19; 10.26-29; 2Ch.8.1-6; 9.25-28).
Solomon's reign was marked by prosperity, wealth, and international recognition. He formed alliances with neighboring kingdoms, engaged in extensive trade, and received tribute from foreign rulers (1Kings 5; 2Ch.9.26-28; 10.1-29; 2Ch.8.17-18; 9.1-28). The Queen of Sheba visited Solomon to test his wisdom and left impressed by his knowledge and the splendor of his court (1Ki.10.1-13; 2Ch.9.1-12).
However, Solomon's later years were marked by a decline in his faithfulness to God. He married many foreign women and allowed their religious practices to influence him, leading to the worship of false gods (1Ki.11.1-8). As a result, God declared that the kingdom would be divided after Solomon's death (1Ki.11.9-13).
Solomon is traditionally credited with authoring several biblical books, including Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon (Pro.1.1; Ecc.1.1; Sng.1.1). His wisdom and proverbs were widely celebrated and studied (1Ki.4.29-34; Pro.1.1; 10.1; 25.1).
After a reign of forty years, Solomon died and was succeeded by his son Rehoboam (1Ki.11.41-43; 2Ch.9.29-31). As prophesied, the kingdom was divided into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah shortly after his death (1Kings 12; 2Chronicles 10).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 38 are drawn. All 38 are listed below.
Child of
- Bathshebaregistry1 Kings 2:131 Chronicles 3:5
- Davidregistry1 Kings 2:11 Kings 2:121 Kings 2:32 +29
Father of
- Basemathregistry1 Kings 4:15
- Rehoboamregistry1 Kings 12:61 Kings 12:211 Chronicles 3:10 +6
- Taphathregistry1 Kings 4:11
Located in
Partner of
- a wife of Solomonregistry, no verse
- daughter of Pharaohregistry, no verse
- Naamahregistry, no verse
Sibling of
- Absalomregistry, no verse
- Adonijahregistry1 Kings 2:22
- Amnonregistry, no verse
- Chileabregistry, no verse
- Eliadaregistry, no verse
- Elipheletregistry, no verse
- Elishamaregistry, no verse
- Elishuaregistry, no verse
- Elpeletregistry, no verse
- Ibharregistry, no verse
- Ithreamregistry, no verse
- Japhiaregistry, no verse
- Jerimothregistry, no verse
- Nathanregistry, no verse
- Nephegregistry, no verse
- Nogahregistry, no verse
- Shammuaregistry, no verse
- Shephatiahregistry, no verse
- Shobabregistry, no verse
- Tamarregistry, no verse
Stands in the same events as
- Israel33 events
- David29 events
- Jerusalem24 events
- Hiram17 events
- Queen of Sheba13 events
- LORD12 events
- Benaiah10 events
- Jeroboam9 events
- Bathsheba9 events
- Hiram8 events
- Adonijah7 events
- Joab6 events
and 147 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Solomon is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
272 verses across 15 of 66 books; 51 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (139), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (24), 2 Chronicles (74), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (5), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Song of Songs (7), Jeremiah (1), Matthew (4), Luke (2), John (1) and Acts (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 272, across 15 books. The name is written 302 times in them.
2 Samuel3 verses
1 Kings139 verses
1:101:111:121:131:171:191:211:261:301:331:341:371:381:391:431:461:471:501:511:521:532:12:122:132:172:192:222:232:252:272:292:412:452:463:13:33:43:53:63:103:154:14:74:114:154:214:224:254:264:274:294:304:345:15:25:75:85:105:115:125:135:155:165:186:16:26:116:146:217:17:87:137:147:407:457:477:487:518:18:28:58:128:228:548:638:659:19:29:109:119:129:159:169:179:199:219:229:239:259:269:279:2810:110:210:310:410:1010:1310:1410:1610:2110:2310:2410:2610:2811:111:211:411:511:611:711:911:1111:1411:2511:2611:2711:2811:3111:4011:4111:4211:4312:212:612:2112:2314:2114:26
2 Kings4 verses
1 Chronicles24 verses
3:53:106:106:3214:418:822:522:622:722:922:1723:128:528:628:928:1128:2029:129:1929:2229:2329:2429:2529:28
2 Chronicles74 verses
1:11:21:31:51:61:71:81:111:131:141:162:12:22:32:112:173:13:34:114:164:184:195:15:25:66:16:137:17:57:77:87:107:117:128:18:28:38:68:88:98:108:118:128:168:178:189:19:29:39:99:109:129:139:149:159:209:229:239:259:289:299:309:3110:210:611:311:1712:913:613:730:2633:735:335:4
Ezra2 verses
Nehemiah5 verses
Psalms2 verses
Proverbs3 verses
Song of Songs7 verses
Jeremiah1 verse
Matthew4 verses
Luke2 verses
John1 verse
Acts1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 2 Samuel 12Solomon was born to David and Bathsheba and was also named Jedidiah.
- 1 Kings 1Solomon is set upon David’s mule, anointed king at Gihon, and gives Adonijah a conditional reprieve.
- 1 Kings 2Solomon received David’s charge, sat on his father’s throne, and established the kingdom by ordering the deaths and removals of his rivals.
- 1 Kings 3Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh, sacrificed at Gibeon, asked for discernment, and judged between two women over a living child.
- 1 Kings 4Solomon ruled Israel, received the provisions of a large kingdom, and spoke wisdom about trees, animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- 1 Kings 5Solomon arranged the timber, provisions, labor force, stonecutters, porters, and foremen for the temple’s construction.
- 1 Kings 6Solomon began, built, furnished, gilded, carved, and finally finished the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 7Solomon spent thirteen years building his palace, commissioned Hiram’s bronze work, furnished the house of the LORD, and stored David’s dedicated treasures.
33 more chapters, from 1 Kings 8 to Luke 12
- 1 Kings 8Solomon assembled Israel, prayed before the altar, blessed the assembly, and dedicated the house with sacrifices on a scale that outgrew the bronze altar.
- 1 Kings 9Solomon finished the temple and palace, received the LORD's warning, built across his dominion, conscripted forced labourers, and sent ships to Ophir.
- 1 Kings 10Solomon answered the queen’s questions, received her gifts, and amassed gold, shields, horses, chariots, and a throne with lions.
- 1 Kings 11Solomon loved many foreign women, built high places for their gods, and sought to kill Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 12Solomon was the father whose heavy service and yoke Israel asked Rehoboam to lighten.
- 2 Kings 24Solomon was named as the maker of the gold articles that Nebuchadnezzar cut into pieces.
- 1 Chronicles 14Solomon was named among the children born to David in Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 22Solomon was appointed to build the house of the LORD and was given David’s vast preparations for the task.
- 1 Chronicles 28Solomon was chosen to build the house and received the plans, the charge, and the assembled workforce.
- 1 Chronicles 29Solomon, called young and inexperienced, was designated king a second time, anointed before the LORD, and seated on the LORD’s throne.
- 2 Chronicles 1Solomon gathered Israel, offered a thousand burnt offerings at Gibeon, asked for wisdom and knowledge, and reigned over Israel with riches, wealth, honour, chariots, and horses.
- 2 Chronicles 2Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace, arranged the labour, sought timber and a craftsman from Hiram, and counted the foreign men.
- 2 Chronicles 3Solomon began building the house of the LORD, covered it with gold, made its cherubim, veil, pillars, chains, and pomegranates, and named the pillars Jachin and Boaz.
- 2 Chronicles 4Solomon made the temple’s bronze and gold furnishings in extraordinary abundance.
- 2 Chronicles 5Solomon completed the work for the house of the LORD, brought in David’s dedicated treasures, assembled Israel, and sacrificed before the ark.
- 2 Chronicles 6Solomon blessed Israel, described the house he had built, and knelt before the LORD to pray for every sort of trouble that might arrive.
- 2 Chronicles 7Solomon prayed, offered the vast sacrifice, consecrated the courtyard, kept the feast, and sent the people home.
- 2 Chronicles 8Solomon rebuilt cities, captured Hamath-zobah, fortified Beth-horon, organized labour and worship, and sent servants by ship to Ophir.
- 2 Chronicles 9Solomon answered the queen’s difficult questions, received tribute, built in gold and ivory, and reigned in Jerusalem for forty years.
- 2 Chronicles 10Solomon’s former service and heavy yoke were brought before Rehoboam as the burden to be lightened.
- 2 Chronicles 35Solomon built the temple in which Josiah told the Levites to place the holy ark.
- Psalms 72Solomon stands at the opening of the psalm as its named figure.
- Psalms 127Solomon is named in the heading of this song of ascents.
- Proverbs 1Solomon is named as the son of David and king of Israel whose proverbs open the chapter.
- Proverbs 10Solomon is named over proverbs that set wise sons, diligent hands, righteous mouths, and perverse tongues in brisk opposition.
- Proverbs 25Solomon supplied the additional proverbs, ranging from royal conduct to honey, enemies, rooftops, and broken walls.
- Song of Songs 1Solomon supplies the title for the song.
- Song of Songs 3Solomon’s carriage came up from the wilderness under a military escort, and Solomon wore the crown his mother placed on him at his wedding.
- Song of Songs 8Solomon leased his vineyard in Baal-hamon, receiving a thousand shekels while two hundred went to those who tended its fruit.
- Matthew 6Solomon was brought in as the grand comparison, only to be surpassed by a lily of the field.
- Matthew 12Solomon supplied the wisdom that drew the Queen of the South from the ends of the earth.
- Luke 11Solomon supplied the wisdom that drew the Queen of the South from the ends of the earth.
- Luke 12Solomon is summoned as the splendid comparison that even his glory could not outdress a lily.
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