I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. — Ecclesiastes 1:14 ...

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. If you happened to miss last week’s Part 1, please ...

Like every building dedication in the 3,000 years since, the Temple opening ceremony has a big crowd, too many dignitaries, long speeches, and bad weather—the cloud caused by the Lord’s presence ...

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For centuries, scholars have either dismissed King David and King Solomon as mythological figures, or disputed the era in which they ruled over the Israelites, as told in the Bible. But the discovery ...

Halle Berry played her in a 1995 made-for-TV movie. On her album, Black Is King, Beyoncé described herself as an heir to her legacy. The story is that she hears reports of King Solomon's fame and ...

One of the customs of the week of Passover is the reading in the synagogue — done at different times in different traditions — of the biblical poem of “The Song of Songs.” “The Song of Songs,” or “The ...

Archeologists work on excavating artefacts from the 2nd and 1st millennium BC in a site in Sidon, southern Lebanon September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho A group of American archaeologists claim they ...

Let’s move to a passage of dialogue from the dying King David to young Solomon as David appointed him king: “‘You shall be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord ...