Introduction
Son of David and Bathsheba; succeeded David as king, built the First Temple in Jerusalem, and is described in 1 Kings as renowned for wisdom and for extensive building and trade activity
Family
- Father: David
- Mother: Bathsheba
- Children: Rehoboam
- Siblings: Absalom, Adonijah, Amnon, Tamar (daughter of David)
Biblical Narrative
Other: 1 Kings describes Solomon's request for wisdom rather than wealth or long life, his judgment between two women disputing a child, the building of the Temple, and, in his later years, the text's own criticism that his many foreign marriages led him toward the worship of other gods, contributing to the kingdom's later division.
This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.