King Solomon's Ring, where did he get his knowledge? Solomon, Shlomoh also called Jedidiah, was, according to the Hebrew Bible, Quran, Hadith and Hidden Words, a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel who succeeded his father King David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. According to the Talmud, Solomon is one of the 48 prophets. In the Quran, he is considered a major prophet, and Muslims generally refer to him by the Arabic variant Sulayman, son of David. The Hebrew Bible credits him as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem, beginning in the fourth year of his reign, using the vast wealth he had accumulated. He dedicated the temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel. He is portrayed as great in wisdom, wealth and power beyond either of the previous kings of the country, but also as a king who sinned. His sins included idolatry, marrying foreign women and, ultimately, turning away from Yahweh, and they led to the kingdom's being torn in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam. Solomon is the subject of many other later references and legends, most notably in the 1st-century apocryphal work known as the Testament of Solomon. In the New Testament, he is portrayed as a teacher of wisdom excelled by Jesus, and as arrayed in glory, but excelled by "the lilies of the field". In later years, in mostly non-biblical circles, Solomon also came to be known as a magician and an exorcist, with numerous amulets and medallion seals dating from the Hellenistic period invoking his name. Please watch the video for more information on King Solomon and the ancient magic arts at mythology explored by ancient mystery here on youtube. Photo credits: 087.King_Solomon_in_Old_Age United States public domain tag 1883 Devil-goat Diablorex assumed (based on copyright claims). CCA 2.0 3.0 GNU Solomon's_Sin public domain US 1923 king-david-in-prayer-pieter-de-grebber United States public domain tag Flammarion public domain 100 years in country of origin United States public domain tag Fenno-Russian_double-eagle CCA SA 2.0 Museo_nazionale_del_Cinema_-_Cabiria United States public domain tag Jean-Pierre Dalbéra Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map_Public domain in the US A_magical_seal_of_Solomon,_19th_CCA 4.0 SA Christ_in_the_Realm_of_the_Dead_-_Google_Art_Project Public domainDzinn_Jinn_Pnapora CCA 4.0 Giovanni credit to Dall'Orto public domain HAARP_CCA 4.0 by Secoy, A holy quran CCO Public domain Khaemwaset's_tomb_treasure_(Serapeum) Hans Ollermann CCA 2.0 Magical_circles_and_seals_of_Solomon,_19th_C_Wellcome_L0037442 CCA 4.0 wellcomeimages.org Martin_van_Maele_-_La_Sorcière_06 United States public domain tag author dead over 70 years Michael_Pacher_GNU United States public domain tag One_ring CCA 3.0 Jorge Arimany Osmanischer_Meister_001 public domain worldwide pagan-altar-1034856_960_720 pixabay Sieben_planetarische_geister_francis_barrett_the_magus United States public domain tag Solomon's_Temple_on_a_cloudy_day Jhmar13 CCA 4.0 Solomon's_Wealth_and_Wisdom public domainTheSatanicBible-Leatherbound GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 William_Blake_-_The_Judgment_of_Solomon United States public domain tag 100 years or less two-dragons-and-monsters-attacking-a-boat CCO public domain Janus-Vatican United States public domain tag Channel: mythology explored by ANCIENT MYSTERY