{
  "id": "dict_005351",
  "term": "Solomon",
  "slug": "solomon",
  "letter": "S",
  "entry_type": "person",
  "entry_family": "historical_person_place",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Solomon is David's son and king of Israel.",
  "simple_one_line": "Solomon is David's son and king of Israel.",
  "tooltip_text": "Solomon: David's son and king of Israel",
  "aliases": [
    "Solomon's decline",
    "Solomon's dedicatory prayer"
  ],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Covenant",
    "Israel",
    "Messiah",
    "temple"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "lede_intro": "Solomon is David's son and king of Israel. Read Solomon through the concrete offices, relationships, obediences, and failures attached to that person's place in the biblical storyline.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Solomon is David’s son and king of Israel, associated with wisdom, the temple, royal splendor, and later spiritual compromise.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Solomon represents the glory and strain of Davidic kingship at its height.",
    "Wisdom, temple building, wealth, and eventual compromise all converge in his reign.",
    "Read Solomon as both a peak in Israel's monarchy and a pointer beyond himself to a wiser and greater king."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Solomon is David’s son and king of Israel, associated with wisdom, the temple, royal splendor, and later spiritual compromise. A good dictionary treatment identifies both the historical referent and the theological weight the canon places upon it.",
  "description_academic_full": "Solomon is David’s son and king of Israel, associated with wisdom, the temple, royal splendor, and later spiritual compromise. More fully, the entry should be read as part of Scripture’s unified history of creation, fall, covenant, kingdom, judgment, and redemption. Its significance is not exhausted by bare chronology or geography, because later biblical writers often recall persons, places, and events as theological signs within the unfolding canon.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Biblically, Solomon appears chiefly in Kings and Chronicles as the heir of David, builder of the temple, and king whose reign displays both glory and decline.",
  "background_historical_context": "Historically, Solomon reigns during the height of the united monarchy, when royal administration, temple construction, trade, and international diplomacy expanded Israel's reach.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "1 Kings 3:5-14 - Solomon asks for wisdom.",
    "1 Kings 8:1-21 - Temple dedication.",
    "1 Kings 10:23-29 - Royal splendor.",
    "1 Kings 11:1-13 - Solomon’s decline."
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "2 Samuel 7:12-13 - Solomon arises within the Davidic covenant promise.",
    "1 Kings 4:29-34 - Solomon's wisdom and international reputation are highlighted.",
    "Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 - Solomon-like royal achievement is weighed and found empty.",
    "Matthew 6:29 - Solomon's glory becomes a benchmark surpassed by God's providential beauty."
  ],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "Theologically, Solomon matters because his reign embodies the heights and limits of Davidic kingship, intensifying hope for a greater son of David.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not treat Solomon as a flat moral example or isolate one episode from the whole canonical portrait. Read Solomon in relation to covenant role, historical setting, and the larger movement of Scripture.",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "Solomon warns readers that wisdom, gifts, and outward success do not secure covenant faithfulness apart from wholehearted obedience to God.",
  "meta_description": "Solomon is David’s son and king of Israel, associated with wisdom, the temple, royal splendor, and later spiritual compromise.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/solomon/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/solomon.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}