biography
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Solomon (Hebrew Bible)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (10th-c BC)
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| biography:
| King of Israel, the second son of David and Bathsheba. His outwardly splendid reign (described in 1 Kings 1–11 and 2 Chron 1–10) saw the expansion of the kingdom and the building of the great Temple in Jerusalem. But high taxation and alliances with heathen courts bred discontent, which later brought the disruption of the kingdom under his son, Rehoboam. Solomon was credited with extraordinary wisdom, and became a legendary figure in Judaism, so that his name became attached to several biblical and extra-canonical writings. |
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