![]() ![]() King Solomon's Ring - Designed be the Artist David Weitzman Solomon’s Golden TableĪnother artifact belonging to Solomon is his table, which appears in a story surrounding the Islamic conquest of Iberia. With this magical ring, Solomon was able to command demons to do his bidding. One such legend speaks of Solomon being in possession of a seal ring on which the name of God was engraved. Other possible objects from the ‘Treasure of Solomon’ can be found in the numerous legends surrounding this king. In a Hebrew text called the ‘Treatise of the Vessels’, which was translated into English around two years ago, Solomon’s ‘treasure’ includes the coveted Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, gold musical instruments, and the vestment of the high priest. The rich and powerful King Solomon with the Queen of Sheba, oil on canvas painting by Edward Poynter, 1890 ( public domain ) The Treatise of the Vessels Yet, the exact contents of this ‘treasure’ are rather uncertain, and may range from gold and silver objects to the long coveted Ark of the Covenant. The great wealth of Solomon has led many to believe that there is a great treasure hidden somewhere, awaiting its discovery. So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.… / And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon…. And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, / Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.Īdditionally, it has also been recorded that, For example, in the Book of Kings I (one of the two biblical books from which most of our knowledge of Solomon is derived, the other being Chronicles II ), it is written that, In historical records, Solomon is portrayed as a king with an extreme amount of wealth. But when his Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 597 and 586 BC, it is said that the Ark and his other treasures disappeared, never to be seen of again. It is written that he reigned over a prosperous empire and commissioned magnificent palaces and fortresses in Jerusalem, also building the first temple to store the legendary Ark of the Covenant, a gilded case believed to hold the original Ten Commandments as handed down to Moses by God. ![]() In the Hebrew Bible, the third king of Israel, Solomon, is depicted as a wise, powerful, and immensely wealthy king, who ruled between 965 BC and 925 BC. ![]()
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