King Solomon one of the most influential kings in the entire bible Solomon was a wise king and was gifted as well as punished for his transgressions on his people and God. This paper will show how Solomon was thought to be one of the greatest kings of the bible, his contributions on the lively hood of the Israelite people and how he was sent to bring the people into a new type of living …showed first 75 words of 1315 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1315 total…him a just and thoughtful person that was known throughout the lands. That was the main reason for Solomon to be my choice on a biblical figure. Bibliography 1. The Age of Solomon; Handy, K. Lowell 1997, Brill New York 2. The New Oxford Annotated Bible; Metzger, Bruce; Murphy, Roland 1991 Oxford University Press Inc. 3. The Book of Wisdom; Reider, Joseph 1957 Harper & Brothers 4. Great People of the Bible and how they lived; Wright, E. G. 1974 Readers Digest Associates Inc.