Person Old Testament

Solomon

Solomon was David's son by Bathsheba who succeeded him as king, asked God for wisdom, and built the first temple in Jerusalem. His reign was the height of Israel's peace and wealth, but his foreign marriages and idolatry led God to announce the division of the kingdom after his death.

Why it matters. Matthew's genealogy runs from David to Jesus through Solomon, while Luke's runs through Nathan. Jesus said that something greater than Solomon was present in Himself.

Primary passages: 2 Samuel 12:24
1 Kings 3:5-14
1 Kings 6:1
1 Kings 11:9-13
Matthew 1:6-7
Dates: 970 to 930 BC (approximate) (medium confidence, Conventional chronology for the united monarchy)
Solomon's reign is conventionally dated to about 970 to 930 BC; the absolute dates depend on the reconstruction of the divided monarchy.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

Connections

Solomon is descended from David
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Old Testament
Solomon is David's son by Bathsheba and his successor on the throne.
Evidence:
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Jesus is descended from Solomon
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLineage: Matthew 1
Matthew's genealogy runs from David through Solomon and the kings of Judah to Joseph. Luke's list runs through Nathan instead; FaithGraph keeps the two separate.
Evidence:
- Matthew 1:6-16
Other responsible views
- Luke's genealogy: Luke 3:31 traces the line from David through Nathan, not Solomon.
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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents: BathshebaDavid
Siblings: AbsalomAdonijahAmnonChileabEliadaElipheletElishamaElishuaElpeletIbharIthreamJaphiaJerimothNathanNephegNogahShammuaShephatiahShobabTamar
Spouse: Naamah
Children: BasemathRehoboamTaphath

Appears in Scripture

Named in 272 verses across 15 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Show all 272 verses

2 Samuel (3 verses)
5:14 12:24 12:25
1 Kings (139 verses)
1:10 1:11 1:12 1:13 1:17 1:19 1:21 1:26 1:30 1:33 1:34 1:37 1:38 1:39 1:43 1:46 1:47 1:50 1:51 1:52 1:53 2:1 2:12 2:13 2:17 2:19 2:22 2:23 2:25 2:27 2:29 2:41 2:45 2:46 3:1 3:3 3:4 3:5 3:6 3:10 3:15 4:1 4:7 4:11 4:15 4:21 4:22 4:25 4:26 4:27 4:29 4:30 4:34 5:1 5:2 5:7 5:8 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13 5:15 5:16 5:18 6:1 6:2 6:11 6:14 6:21 7:1 7:8 7:13 7:14 7:40 7:45 7:47 7:48 7:51 8:1 8:2 8:5 8:12 8:22 8:54 8:63 8:65 9:1 9:2 9:10 9:11 9:12 9:15 9:16 9:17 9:19 9:21 9:22 9:23 9:25 9:26 9:27 9:28 10:1 10:2 10:3 10:4 10:10 10:13 10:14 10:16 10:21 10:23 10:24 10:26 10:28 11:1 11:2 11:4 11:5 11:6 11:7 11:9 11:11 11:14 11:25 11:26 11:27 11:28 11:31 11:40 11:41 11:42 11:43 12:2 12:6 12:21 12:23 14:21 14:26
2 Kings (4 verses)
21:7 23:13 24:13 25:16
1 Chronicles (24 verses)
3:5 3:10 6:10 6:32 14:4 18:8 22:5 22:6 22:7 22:9 22:17 23:1 28:5 28:6 28:9 28:11 28:20 29:1 29:19 29:22 29:23 29:24 29:25 29:28
2 Chronicles (74 verses)
1:1 1:2 1:3 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:11 1:13 1:14 1:16 2:1 2:2 2:3 2:11 2:17 3:1 3:3 4:11 4:16 4:18 4:19 5:1 5:2 5:6 6:1 6:13 7:1 7:5 7:7 7:8 7:10 7:11 7:12 8:1 8:2 8:3 8:6 8:8 8:9 8:10 8:11 8:12 8:16 8:17 8:18 9:1 9:2 9:3 9:9 9:10 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:20 9:22 9:23 9:25 9:28 9:29 9:30 9:31 10:2 10:6 11:3 11:17 12:9 13:6 13:7 30:26 33:7 35:3 35:4
Ezra (2 verses)
2:55 2:58
Nehemiah (5 verses)
7:57 7:60 11:3 12:45 13:26
Psalms (2 verses)
72:1 127:1
Proverbs (3 verses)
1:1 10:1 25:1
Song of Solomon (7 verses)
1:1 1:5 3:7 3:9 3:11 8:11 8:12
Jeremiah (1 verse)
52:20
Matthew (4 verses)
1:6 1:7 6:29 12:42
Luke (2 verses)
11:31 12:27
John (1 verse)
10:23
Acts (1 verse)
7:47

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