Solomon

Who

Key verses

1. 1 Kings 2:19

   Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

2. 1 Kings 3:9

   Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

3. 1 Kings 8:27

   But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

4. 1 Kings 11:4

   When Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father was.

5. 1 Chronicles 3:5

   and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;

6. 1 Chronicles 3:10

   Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

7. Matthew 1:6

   Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.

8. Matthew 1:7

   Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

Where the Bible names him

Family

Parents

• DDavidMatthew 1:6; 1 Chronicles 3:5
• BBathshebaMatthew 1:6; 1 Chronicles 3:5

Children

• RRehoboamMatthew 1:7; 1 Chronicles 3:10

Brothers and sisters

• NNathan
• AAmnon
• DDaniel
• AAbsalom
• AAdonijah
• SShephatiah
• IIthream
• SShimea
• SShobab
• IIbhar
• EElishama
• EEliphelet
• NNogah
• NNepheg
• JJaphia
• EElishama
• EEliada
• EEliphelet
• TTamar

Discussed by

Comments on the verses that name him (8 of 47).

• Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Passing over the other sons of Jacob, the Evangelist follows the family of Judah, saying, “But Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar.”

• Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Neither was Judah himself first-born, nor of these two sons was either his first-born; he had already had three before them. So that he keeps in that line of descent, by which he shall arrive at David, and from him…

• Jerome on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  It should be noted, that none of the holy women are taken into the Saviour’s genealogy, but rather such as Scripture has condemned, that He who came for sinners being born of sinners might so put away the sins of…

• Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  But Luke has avoided the mention of these, that he might set forth the series of the priestly race immaculate. But the plan of St. Matthew did not exclude the righteousness of natural reason; for when he wrote in his…

• John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Besides this, it shews that all are equally liable to sin; for here is Thamar accusing Judah of incest, and David begat Solomon with a woman with whom he had committed adultery. But if the Law was not fulfilled by…

• Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:3–6 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Observe that Matthew does not name both without a meaning; for though the object of his writing only required the mention of Phares, yet in the twins a mystery is signified; namely, the double life of the nations,…

• Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:3–6Catena Aurea on Matthew

  By Zarah is denoted the people of the Jews, which first appeared in the light of faith, coming out of the dark womb of the world, and was therefore marked with the scarlet thread of the circumciser, for all supposed…

• Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew

  Judah begat Phares and Zarah before he went into Egypt, whither they both accompanied their father. In Egypt, “Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; Aram begat Aminadab; Aminadab begat Naasson;” and then Moses…