Bible Verses About Solomon

The king also made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

The throne had six steps and a gold footstool; these were fastened to the throne. There were arms on either side of the seat, two lions standing beside the arms,

and twelve more lions standing on each side of the six steps. Nothing like it had ever been made in any kingdom.

All King Shlomo's drinking vessels were of gold; and all the utensils in the House of the L'vanon Forest were of pure gold; for in Shlomo's time, silver was regarded as having little value.

The king had ships that could go to Tarshish with Huram's servants; once every three years the "Tarshish" ships came in, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.

So King Shlomo surpassed all the kings on earth in both wealth and wisdom.

All the kings on earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Each one brought his present - articles of silver, articles of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses and mules; and this continued year after year.

Shlomo also had 4,000 stalls of horses for his chariots and his 12,000 horsemen; he assigned them to the chariot cities and to the king in Yerushalayim.

He ruled over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River through the land of the P'lishtim to the border of Egypt.

The king made silver in Yerushalayim as common as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as sycamore-fig trees are in the Sh'felah.

They brought horses for Shlomo from Egypt and from all countries.

Other activities of Shlomo, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Natan the prophet, in the prophecy of Achiyah of Shiloh and in the visions of Ye'do the seer concerning Yarov'am the son of N'vat.

Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Isra'el for forty years.

Then Shlomo slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David his father, and Rechav'am his son became king in his place.

"Your father laid a harsh yoke on us. But if you will lighten the harsh service we had to render your father and ease his heavy yoke that he put on us, we will serve you."

Organize yourselves by clans and duty divisions according to the arrangement written down by David king of Isra'el and Shlomo his son.

carrying out the duties of their God and the duties of purification, as also did the singers and gatekeepers, in accordance with the order of David and of Shlomo his son.

Wasn't it by doing these things that Shlomo king of Isra'el sinned? There was no king like him among many nations, and his God loved him, and God made him king over all Isra'el; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

You are the most handsome of men; gracious speech flows from your lips. For God has blessed you forever.

Warrior, strap your sword at your thigh; [gird on] your splendor and majesty.

In your majesty, succeed, ride on in the cause of truth, meekness and righteousness. May your right hand teach you awesome things.

Your arrows are sharp. The people fall under you, as they penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies.

Your throne, God, will last forever and ever; you rule your kingdom with a scepter of equity.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy in preference to your companions.