Solomon, the third king of the ancient kingdom of Israel. He is the beloved son of King David, the second king and the founder of the David dynasty. He is a part of proverbs in the Bible and the author of Ecclesiastes and songs. He was born in 1000 BC and died in 930 BC. Solomon is the son and heir of David. Around the middle of the 10 century BC, he was in office from 970 BC to 930 BC. His deeds are recorded in the Bible. David, Solomon's father, established a Jewish dynasty and tried to build an empire from the Egyptian border to the Euphrates River. After Solomon succeeded to the throne, he eliminated his political enemies and placed his friends in the army, government and religious institutions. Solomon also consolidated his position through marriage. He married the daughters and sisters of kings from all over the world, one of whom was the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh. He occupied and burned the Canaanite city of Gaza and gave it to Solomon.

A commendable failure.

King Solomon's greatest achievement was to build a temple, which contained the Ark of the Covenant made between God and Israel through Moses, making it the pilgrimage center of Israel. In the long history, the temple of Solomon has been rebuilt and destroyed many times. Now the Al-Aqsa Mosque stands on the original site, and there is still a temple wall under the mountain, which is called "wailing wall".

In his later years, King Solomon was once arrogant and extravagant, indulged in womanhood and disobeyed God, which led to the decline of his kingdom and the alienation of his subjects. Later, King Solomon repented and turned over a new leaf and wrote the Bible Ecclesiastes. After the collapse of King Solomon, the kingdom was divided into the kingdom of Judah in the south and the kingdom of Israel in the north.

Controversy of coherence

David is old and dying. Adonijah the fourth son was assisted by Joab the general and Abiathar the priest. He is very active and ready to inherit the throne. But the prophet Nathan. The other faction, led by Zadok, a priest, strongly supported Solomon, the son of Bathsheba, as king. They cooperated with Bathsheba's activities before King David and urged David to formally elect Solomon to the throne before his death. So the supporters of Solomon surrounded Solomon and rode David's mule to Gihon. There, Zadok the priest held a grand ceremony to anoint the king. Amid the cheers of King Solomon, another faction supporting adonia declared its collapse and fled. Adoniya saved his life temporarily, but soon after King David's death, Adoniya asked the Queen Mother to give him a virgin to take care of King David's old age, which led to his death.