Editing Solomon (section)

===Judaism===
[[File:King Solomon in Old Age higher-contrast version.png|thumb|Solomon writing Proverbs ([[Gustave Doré]])]]
King Solomon sinned by acquiring many foreign wives and horses because he thought he knew the reason for the biblical prohibition and thought it did not apply to him.  When King Solomon married [[Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)|Pharaoh's daughter]], a sandbank formed which eventually formed the "great nation of Rome"—the nation that destroyed [[Herod's Temple]]. Solomon gradually lost more and more prestige until he became like a commoner. Some say he regained his status while others say he did not.  In the end, however, he is regarded as a righteous king and is especially praised for his diligence in building the Temple.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Citation |title=Talmud Bavli |contribution=tractate Sanhendrin |page=21b}}</ref>

[[Adin Steinsaltz]] reads Solomon's wisdom as ''[[realpolitik]]''. His geopolitical success possible only by paying lip service to idolatrous practices without actually believing in them.  This set a terrible example for his subjects. Solomon assumed incorrectly that ordinary people would be as wise as himself and keep idolatry at arm's length.<ref>Steinsaltz, p. 158-9</ref>

King Josiah was also said to have had the [[Ark of the Covenant]], [[Aaron's rod]], vial of [[manna]] and the anointing oil placed within a hidden chamber which had been built by Solomon.<ref>Tosefta (''Sotah'' 13:1); cf. [[Babylonian Talmud]]: {{cite web |title=Keritot 5b:17-18 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Keritot.5b.17-18?lang=bi |website=[[Sefaria]]|quote=17 The baraita continues: And also sequestered with the Ark was the chest that the Philistines sent as a gift to the God of Israel after they captured the Ark and were stricken by several plagues, as it is stated: "And put the jewels of gold that you return to Him for a guilt offering, in a coffer by its side, and send it away that it may go" (I Samuel 6:8). And who sequestered the Ark? Josiah, king of Judah, sequestered it, as it is stated: And the king said to the priests: Put the sacred Ark in the house that Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, built (see II Chronicles 35:3). 18 And Rabbi Elazar says: How do we know that all these items needed to be sequestered together with the Ark? The halakha that the jar of manna was to be kept with the Ark is derived through a verbal analogy between the words "there" and "there." The word "there" is stated with regard to the Ark: "Where I will meet with you there" (Exodus 30:6), and it is also stated with regard to the manna: "And put there" (Exodus 16:33). 
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The ''[[Seder Olam Rabbah]]'' holds that Solomon's reign was not in 1000 BCE, but rather in the ninth century BCE, during which time he built the First Temple in 832 BCE.<ref>Seder Olam Rabba, Jerusalem 1971 (Hebrew)</ref> However, ''[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]]'' of 1906 gives the more common date of "971 to 931 BCE".<ref name=JE/>