King Solomon

King Solomon was one of the most famous Kings in History. He is the type of person with an interesting story. Solomon expressed critical analysis on issues, but had personal imperfections. The Hebrew Bible mentioned that folks globally sought the audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God has put in his heart according to 1 Kings 10:24. Secret Societies have tried to claim the man as one of their own or in support of their views. It is true that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Solomon tried to seek God to give him wisdom and knowledge about the issues pertaining to the Universe. He made many contributions in the world, but he made grave errors in his life. His life represents a succinct, valuable lessons that agitation, and seeking the ways of decadence is never a proficient avenue to cross into. The avenue to cross into in order to develop a spiritual growth with God is tolerance, patience, strength, dignity, honor, and truth. Rational deductions and grave, vital comprehension skills are never to be utilized as an excuse to turn your face from the Creator. Solomons life is a reminder that we ought to respect wisdom,

but also to keep the Lords commandments, fight against evil, and promote the streams of righteousness. Thats reality and a gift to enrich souls, heal hearts, and contribute to joy among the entire human race.

He is mentioned thoroughly in the Old Testament. He was the son of David. King David was the first King of Israel that the Old Testament says that God loved a lot. King Solomon lived in the Kingdom of Israel. Solomon was the Third King of the United Monarch. He was the final King before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah split. The split his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. King Solomon is called in the Hebrew Scriptures as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem. King Solomon was great in wisdom, wealth, and power. He sinned of course by turning to follow pagan gods, marrying pagan women, and doing idolatry. The Kingdom later was torn apart. Jewish tradition cited King Solomon as writing the 3 books of the Mishlei or the Book of Proverbs, the Kohelet or Ecclesiastes, and the Shir ha-Shirim (or the Song of Songs). There are disputes to this day on the extent or wealth of King Solomon. Yet, even the most liberal religious scholars believe that King Solomon though was a historical figure that existed in the time of B.C. King Solomon ruled Israel for 40 years. The Bible said that Israel has great wealth that in a single year, according to 1 Kings 10:14, Solomon collected a tribute of 666 talents of gold (or 39,960 pounds). He had an alliance with the King Hiram I of Tyre (in Lebanon). Hiram (or the King of Tyre) gave King Solomon cedar trees and fir tree according to all his desire. Solomon have given Hiram 20,000 measures of wheat for food to his household and 20 measures of pure oil. Solomon gave these items to Hiram year by year. Josephus wrote of King Solomon in these terms from his Antiquities of the Jews, Book VIII, Chapter 2:

Accordingly he offered there burnt-offerings, in number a thousand; and when he had done this, he thought he had paid great honor to God; for as he was asleep that very night God appeared to him, and commanded him to ask of him some gifts which he was ready to give him as a reward for his piety. So Solomon asked of God what was most excellent, and of the greatest worth in itself, what God would bestow with the greatest. joy, and what it was most profitable for man to receive; for he did not desire to have bestowed upon him either gold or silver, or any other riches, as a man and a youth might naturally have done, for these are the things that generally are esteemed by most men, as alone of the greatest worth, and the best gifts of God; but, said he, "Give me, O Lord, a sound mind, and a good understanding, whereby I may speak and judge the people according to truth and righteousness." With these petitions God was well pleased; and promised to give him all those things that he had not mentioned in his option, riches, glory, victory over his enemies; and, in the first place, understanding and
wisdom, and this in such a degree as no other mortal man, neither kings nor ordinary persons, ever had. He also promised to preserve the kingdom to his posterity for a very long

time, if he continued righteous and obedient to him, and imitated his father in those things wherein he excelled. When Solomon heard this from God, he presently leaped out of his

bed; and when he had worshipped him, he returned to Jerusalem; and after he had offered great sacrifices before the tabernacle, he feasted all his own family
The Queen of Sheba visited Solomon as a means to see his power and influence. The Queen had a number of gifts with her like gold and rare jewels to decorate the Temple. She brought a number of riddles for King Solomon to answer. King Solomon answered her questions and the Queen was satisfied. There is the story about King Solomon having a child by Queen of Sheba. This story is found in the Kebra Nagast. The Kebra Nagast is the Book of the Glory of Kingdom or found in the Geez language being .Sheba is a land that is identified as the region in the Red Sea region surrounding the area of Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, and parts of Yemen (in Saudi Arabia Felix). The Kingdom of Sheba traded across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Some of the Israelites settled colonies in Yemen. There were frankincense and spices goes from Sheba into Jerusalem in a constant basis. The land between Southern Egypt and the Horn of Africa was called Kush by the ancients. Meroe and Aksum were Kingdoms in that region. At one point, the Kushites ruled the Kingdom of ancient Egypt. This happened in the 7th century B.C., but the Nubians were in Egypt thousands of years before the 7th century. The Queen of Sheba ruled a land filled with precious stones, gold, wood, frankincense, myrrh, fragrant oils, spices, and numerous expensive goods. Historians found an intensive, advanced irrigation network there that contributed to Shebas develop of gardens (including a flourishing agriculture). In this time, there was the land of Punt as found in the Horn of Africa. The Sabeans rivaled the Phoenicians as seafarers and they were gold traders. Many Jewish tribes spread into Sheba, Tamazgha (or Northern Africa), Babylon, Alexandria, and Cyrene too. The land of Tamazgha has been lived by the Amazigh peoples.

King Solomon gave tons of real advice on issues like from Proverbs 14:6, 18:17. Freemasonry obsesses with King Solomon and of course Solomons Temple. Solomon according to the Bible had 700 wives and 300 concubines. One wife of Solomon was Naamah, who was described as the Ammonite. She was the mother of Solomons successor Rehoboam. Freemasons use the myth of Hiram Abiff existing in Solomons Temple as a means to do their rituals in new recruits among the Blue Lodge. Masons love King Solomon and the Masons try to use their Lodges to mimic the parameters of the First Temple. An early catechism of the Craft says that Masonry is a system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.

King Solomon has really been exploited by Freemasonry indeed. One Masonic source views Solomon on these terms: The Lion that guarded the Ark and held in his mouth the key wherewith to open it, figuratively represents Solomon, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, who preserved and communicated the key to the true knowledge of God, of His laws, and of the profound mysteries of the moral and physical Universe... The lion [ , , Arai, Araiah, which also means the altar] still holds in his mouth the key of the enigma of the sphynx. Albert Pike, Morals & Dogma, p. 210. Its not a secret that when Solomon backslidden, his philosophies during that period of his life influenced the esoteric world. The old Osiris death story has been adopted by Masonry, but they add Solomon into the mix. The Masonic legend of the person Hiram Abiff and the Egyptian god Osiris have similarities. So, the legend of Hiram Abiff is nothing more than an adaptation of the Osiris myth. Manly P. Hall (himself a honorary 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason) is a famous figure in the occult world. He wrote many books like that "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" and "The Lost Keys of Freemason" (or the Secret of Hiram Abiff). Hall was a very intelligence man. He gave over 7,500 lectures in America plus abroad plus he wrote over 150 books (including essays and magazine articles). Hiram Abiff was supposedly the master builder that King Solomon contracted from the King of Tyre to build the Temple of God in Jerusalem. This myth is used in the ceremonies among the lower levels in Freemasonry (or the Hiram Abiff myth). This myth is about Hiram Abiff being killed by 3 ruffians. The 3 ruffians asked Hiram Abiff about the Word (or what Masons call the real name of God to the Masons were lost). Hiram Abiff refused to do so and the ruffians murdered Hiram Abiff. In the Masonic ritual of the Blue Lodge teaches that the initiate is raised from darkness into light or illumination. The Third Degree of Freemason is the Master Mason. This resurrection of Hiram Abiff in the Lodge is referred to a resurrection. Hiram Abiff is shown as a resurrection story. Masons use the story to promote rebuilding Solomon's Temple. Freemasonry is a religious institution. Mackey admitted that: "... Masonry may rightfully claim to be called a religious institution." ["A New and Revised Edition: An Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences", by Albert Mackey, M.D., 33, Volume II, p. 618]. Masonry loves the Kabbalah. The Kabbalah believes in man building bridges to reach perfection or godhood. The Essential Kabbalah from pg. 31 mentioned that: The theory of evolution accords with the secrets of Kabbalah better than any other theory. Evolution follows a path of ascent and thus provides the world with a basis for optimism. How can one despair, seeing that everything evolves and ascends? When we penetrate the inner nature of evolution, we find divinity illuminated in perfect clarity. Ein Sof generates, actualizes potential infinity.

*There can be no discussion fully about King Solomon without describing information about his Temple. There are many parts of it that should be exposed in the world. The Solomon's Temple has tons of parts to it back then. It was found in the Temple Mount or Mount Zion. It was first destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 B.C. Some believed that the Temple continued an earlier Jebusite sanctuary predating the Israelite conquest of Jerusalem. The Temple house the Ark of the Covenant (that presented the presence of the God of Yisrael, YHVH. The dwelling place of God is called Shekinah in Hebrew). The Book of Samuel and the Book of Kings described the King Solomon's Temple. The Ark was placed in the Tabernacle tent. King David played the Ark in Israel's new capital of Jerusalem after he unified all of Israel. King Solomon wanted the aid of King Hiram of Tyre to give the quality materials and skilled craftsmen to construct the Temple. The inner room in the Temple is called the Holy of Holies or the Kodesh Hakodashim. The Ark has the Tablets of Stone placed in them (as found in 1 Kings 8:6-9). The Holy of Holies is the Inner House. It was 20 cubits in length, breadth, and height. Breadth is width from back in the day. Cedar from Lebanon floored the Temple. Its walls and floor was overlaid with gold. There were 2 cherubim of olive wood each 10 cubits high 1 Kings 6:16, 20, 21, 23-28) and each

having outspread wings 10 cubits from tip to tip, so that, since they stood side by side, the wings touched the wall on either side and met in the center of the room. There was a two-leaved door between it and the Holy Place overlaid with gold (2 Chr. 4:22). The Hekhal is the Holy Place. Other major parts of the Temple are the Porch, Boaz and Jachin, the Chambers, the courts, and the brazen sea. Artifacts about ancient Israel have been found in near King Solomon's Temple as well.

Some Masons secretly want a reestablishment of Solomon's Temple (like CONSTANTIN IANCU, 33 from Romania), which is why they obsess with the story of Solomon. Masons obsess also with the Temple Mount or the site of Solomons Temple since their mythological Hiram Abiff was the person who built the Temple about 3,000 years ago. Historically, numerous British Freemasons and others worldwide want to recreate Solomons Temple. There are Masons now that do rituals in the caves of the Middle East like Zedekiahs cave (or King Solomons stables near where Jesus Christ was crucified on Golgotha). Jesus Christ made the prophecy that the 2nd Temple would be destroyed. His prophecy was fulfilled when the Roman armies destroyed the 2nd Temple in ca. 70 A.D. Even the Holy Place, the Holy of Holies, the sanctuary, etc. was all gone by fire and destruction. In the past, Masons like Albert Mackey want a rebuilding of King Solomons Temple.

The Masons were inspired by the mystery religion, so many of them they deny Jesus Christ as the true Messiah and the Son of God. The Second Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. in the 9th month of the Hebrew month of Av (or Tisha B'av). King Solomon according to one source has an extension commerce infrastructure: Solomon built a fleet of ships (later called a fleet of ships of Tarshish) at Ezion-geber on the Gulf of Elath, probably with the help of Phoenician ship builders. The ships were manned by Hirams sailors and Solomons crews together and were sent to Ophir with Hirams own fleet to bring back gold, silver, almug wood, precious stones, ivory, apes, and peacocks (I Kings 9:26-28, 10:11, 22). David Noel Freedman, THE ANCHOR BIBLE DICTIONARY, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1992.

LET US LOOK AT SOME SCRIPTURES ABOUT KING SOLOMON. I Kings 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. I Kings 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites; I Kings 11:2 Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. I Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father. I Kings 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. I Kings 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as [did] David his father. I Kings 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. I Kings 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, II Kings 23:13 And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination

of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. I Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Is King Solomon in Hell now? For now, we don't know for certain since the Scriptures don't give the answer to this question one way or the order. We will know when we die and meet the Father for our judgment after death though.

According to the OT and NT, only the Messiah will create the future real Temple in the Eternal Kingdom of the Lord God. The false Temple is predicted by the prophets of the Old and New Testaments as being inhabited by the Antichrist. This is written about by the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4. In the end though, peace will reign and there will be no more hurting. In the real end, the real Kingdom of God will be on Earth to reign forever and ever.

By Timothy