King Solomon had 300 concubines. The patriarch Abraham had two. In the year 948, concubines were banned by a rabbinical scholar in France who feared the practice would spark anti-Semitism.

Thanks for joining our Part 2, “What you should know about King Solomon.” (Much, it turns out.) So, we will extend this wisdom into Part 3 next week.

The second king of Israel, Solomon is sometimes called the“wisest man who ever lived.” Those who sought his counsel left with perfect answers to even the stickiest problems, even if he had to ...

King Solomon’s temple was the first temple built by the Israelites to honor their god, ... Over the course of his life, the Bible says Solomon married some 700 wives and 300 concubines, a number that ...

Furthermore, we never learn if King Lemuel/Solomon ever found his trophy wife or if his mother was pleased with her 700 daughters-in-law (and those 300 whiny concubines scheming to get their hands ...

It is not clear whether the last line is spoken by the young woman, who is proudly announcing that, unlike all the concubines whom King Solomon commands (“Ba’al Hamon” in Hebrew means ...

Boone said Solomon might have become infatuated with the Queen of Sheba because he had 300 wives and 700 concubines, many of whom were foreign and eventually corrupted his religion and offended God.