Nave’s Topical Bible
Solomon
122 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Son of David by Bath-sheba
- Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet
- An ancestor of Joseph
- Succeeds David to the throne of Israel
1 Kings 1:11-48; 1 Kings 2:12; 1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 28; Ecclesiastes 1:12
- Anointed king a second time
- His prayer for wisdom, and his vision
- Covenant renewed in a vision after the dedication of the Temple
- His rigorous reign
- Builds the temple
1 Kings 5; 1 Kings 6; 1 Kings 9:10; 1 Chronicles 6:10; 2 Chronicles 2; 2 Chronicles 3; 2 Chronicles 4; 2 Chronicles 7:11; Jeremiah 52:20; Acts 7
- Dedicates the temple
- Renews the courses of the priests and Levites, and the forms Of service according to the commandment of Moses and the Regulations of David
- Builds his palace
1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:1,8; 1 Kings 9:10; 2 Chronicles 7:11; 2 Chronicles 8:1; Ecclesiastes 2:4
- Builds his house, The Forest of Lebanon
- Builds another house for Pharaoh's daughter
1 Kings 7:8-12; 1 Kings 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:11; Ecclesiastes 2:4
- Ivory throne of
- Porches of judgment
- Builds Millo (a stronghold), the wall around Jerusalem, the Cities of Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer, Beth-horon, Baalath, Tadmor, Store cities, and cities for chariots, and for cavalry
- Provides an armory
- Plants vineyards and orchards of all kinds of fruit trees; Makes pools
- Imports apes and peacocks
- Drinking vessels of his houses
- Musicians and musical instruments of his court
- The splendor of his court
1 Kings 10:5-9,12; 2 Chronicles 9:3-8; Ecclesiastes 2:9; Matthew 6:29; Luke 12:27
- Commerce of
1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11-12,22,28-29; 2 Chronicles 1:16-17; 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 2 Chronicles 9:13-22,28
- Presents received by
- Is visited by the Queen of Sheba
- Wealth of
1 Kings 9; 1 Kings 10:10,14-15,23,27; 2 Chronicles 1:15; 2 Chronicles 9:1,9,13,24,27; Ecclesiastes 1:16
- Has seven-hundred wives and three-hundred concubines
- Their influence over him
- Marries one of Pharaoh's daughters
- Builds idolatrous temples
- His idolatry
- Extent of his dominions
1 Kings 4:21,24; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Chronicles 9:26
- Receives tribute (taxes)
- Officers of
- His purveyors
- Divides his kingdom into subsistence departments; the daily, Subsistence rate for his court
- Military equipment of
1 Kings 4:26,28; 1 Kings 10:16-17,26,28; 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25; Deuteronomy 17:15-16
- Cedes some inferior cities to Hiram
- Wisdom and fame of
1 Kings 4:29-34; 1 Kings 10:3-4,8,23-24; 1 Chronicles 29:24-25; 2 Chronicles 9:2-7,22-23; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Matthew 12:42
- Piety of
- Beloved of God
- Justice of, illustrated in his judgment of the two prostitutes
- Oppressions of
- Reigns for forty years
- Death of
- Prophecies concerning
2 Samuel 7:12-16; 1 Kings 11:9-13; 1 Chronicles 17:11-14; 1 Chronicles 28:6-7; Psalms 132:11
- A "type" of Christ
Bible verses about “Solomon”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 2 Samuel 12:24And David comforted Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.
- 1 Kings 1:13Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
- 1 Kings 1:17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
- 1 Kings 1:21Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
- 2 Samuel 12:25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
- Matthew 1:6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
- 1 Kings 1:11Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
- 1 Kings 1:12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
- 1 Kings 1:15And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
- 1 Kings 1:16And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
- 1 Kings 1:18And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
- 1 Kings 1:19And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
- 1 Kings 1:20And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
- 1 Kings 1:22And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
- 1 Kings 1:23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
- 1 Kings 1:24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
- 1 Kings 1:25For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:26But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
- 1 Kings 1:27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- 1 Kings 1:28Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath–sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
- 1 Kings 1:29And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
- 1 Kings 1:30Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
- 1 Kings 1:31Then Bath–sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
- 1 Kings 1:32And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
- 1 Kings 1:33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
- 1 Kings 1:34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
- 1 Kings 1:36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.
- 1 Kings 1:37As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
- 1 Kings 1:38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:39And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:40And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
- 1 Kings 1:41And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
- 1 Kings 1:42And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
- 1 Kings 1:43And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
- 1 Kings 1:44And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
- 1 Kings 1:45And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
- 1 Kings 1:46And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
- 1 Kings 1:47And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.