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The name '''Solomon''' (Schlomo) means "peaceful", or "complete", from the Hebrew ''Shelomoh.'' The name given by God to Solomon in the Bible is Jedidiah, meaning "friends of God", ([[2 Samuel]] 2:25), and some scholars have conjectured that Solomon is a "king name" taken either when he assumed the throne or upon his death.

Solomon's case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given by God does not stay with the character. Solomon's birth is considered a [[grace]] from God, after the death of the previous child between [[David]] and [[Bathsheba]].
==Biblical Account==
===Succession===
Solomon was [[David]]'s second son by [[Bathsheba]], and his declared heir to the throne. Solomon's history is recorded in [[1 Kings]] 1-11 and [[2 Chronicles]] 1-9. He succeeded his father (reigned approx 1010 BC to 970 BC) around 970 BC, not 1037 BD ([[1 Kings]] 6:1), according to [[E. R. Thiele]]. His father chose him as a successor, passing over claims of his elder sons, by women other than Bathsheba. His elevation to the throne took place before his father's death, and is hastened on mainly by Nathan and Bathsheba, in consequence of the rebellion of [[Adonijah]].

During his long reign of 40 years the Hebrew monarchy gained its highest splendor. This period has been called the "[[Augustan Age]]" of Jewish annals. In a single year, he collected tribute amounting to 666 [[talents]] of gold, according to [[1 Kings]] 10:14.

The first half of his reign was by far the brighter and more prosperous; the latter half was clouded by the [[idolatries]] into which he fell, mainly, according to the scribes, from his intermarriages. According to [[1 Kings]] 11:3, he had 700 wives and 300 [[concubines]]. As soon as he had settled himself in his kingdom, and arranged the affairs of his extensive emprie, he entered into an alliance with [[Egypt]] by a marriage with the daughter of [[Pharoah]].

===Battles of Solomon===
====Solomon & Hadad the Edomite====
When David was in office, [[Joab]], David's caption of the army slew all the [[Edomites]]. [[Hadad]], at the time, was a little child but with his father's servants fled to Egypt where he remained "in exile."

Solomon's marriage to foreign wives, and his token respect to them brought Israel's defenses down, giving Hadad an opportunity to vex Israel. Hadad had seen his people killed as a young child, and while in Egypt was given wealth and the right had of Pharaoh. When Hadad hears of Joab and David's death, he petitions Pharoah, now his brother-in-law to return to Edom.

====Solomon & Rezon====
This is a feneral series of battles referred to and suggest more that it was a war of constant terrorism oujt of hatred for Israel and Solomon. In [[2 Samuel]] 8:3, [[David]] had gone to recover the borders of the Euphrates in the Northern portion of the Kingdom and slew [[Hadadezer]], the King of Zobah in the process. [[Rezon]] appears to have been a part of the men of [[Zobah]] who were with[[Hadadezer]] in fighting [[David]]. He still had a taste of defeat by [[Israel]], and in the more quiet reign of David's son, continue the harrassment and aggravation.

==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Wikipedia entry on Solomon]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Wikipedia entry on David]
*[http://www.warsofisrael.com/solommon.html Wars of Israel and Solomon]

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