Quotes About Solomon

It's a filthy world, Solomon. No one is clean. Living makes you dirty.

In life, there was so much insult and injury, and she had no choice but to collect what was hers. But now she wished to take Solomon's shame, too, and add it to her pile, though she was already overwhelmed.

Once, when Solomon asked her what California was, she had replied, 'Heaven.

Apart from wisdom Solomon conquered love, wealth and power were all under his feet.

Sadly, Solomon's wisdom fails him, as he marries seven hundred women, many of them foreigners who turn his heart to idols.

Solomon fell after God spoke twice to him in an audible voice, and after he saw the Glory of God fill the temple.

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ëSurely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.í

Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”

I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”

“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ramís horn and declare, ëLong live King Solomon!í

Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ramís horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the kingís mule.

Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

The kingís servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ëMay your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.í And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.

So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,

But King Solomon will be blessed and Davidís throne will remain secure before the LORD forever.”