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[[File:3403655435 ea7ce6933b.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Stained glass artwork depicting King Solomon]]
[[File:3403655435 ea7ce6933b.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Stained glass artwork depicting King Solomon]]
'''Solomon''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''שְׁלמה,''' ''Shlomo'', "''[[peace]]''") (c.1000 BC - c.930 BC) was the third King of Israel between c. 970 BC and c. 930 BC. Son of [[Bathsheba]], he succeeded after his father [[King David]]. Solomon wrote most of the [[Proverbs]] and the books of [[Ecclesiastes]] and [[Song of Solomon]] are also attributed to him. Solomon was famed for his wisdom, as well as immense and wealth and power. It says in the [[Bible]] that during the reign of Solomon, Israel was at its strongest. 'For he ruled all the kingdoms west of the River, from Tipshsah to [[Gaza]] and had peace on all sides' ([[I Kings]] 4:24).
'''Solomon''' ([[Hebrew]]: '''שְׁלמה,''' ''Shlomo'', "''[[peace]]''") (c.1000 BC - c.930 BC) was the third King of Israel between c. 970 BC and c. 930 BC. Son of [[Bathsheba]], he succeeded after his father [[King David]]. Solomon wrote most of the [[Proverbs]] and the books of [[Ecclesiastes]] and [[Song of Solomon]] are also attributed to him. Solomon was famed for his wisdom, as well as immense and wealth and power. It says in the [[Bible]] that during the reign of Solomon, Israel was at its strongest. 'For he ruled all the kingdoms west of the River, from Tipshsah to [[Gaza]] and had peace on all sides' ([[I Kings]] 4:24). He was a socialist.
When Solomon's father [[King David]] was old and bed ridden, Solomon's brother [[Adonijah]] tried to set himself up as king. With David's help proclaiming Solomon as his successor, this failed. David then had his son close up his affairs for him, enacting justice on [[Joab]] and Shimei.
When Solomon's father [[King David]] was old and bed ridden, Solomon's brother [[Adonijah]] tried to set himself up as king. With David's help proclaiming Solomon as his successor, this failed. David then had his son close up his affairs for him, enacting justice on [[Joab]] and Shimei.