solomon was the king after david in the bible.
solomon was the king after david in the bible.
who was the king after david in the bible?
solomon
according to the hebrew bible, before king david's conquest of jerusalem in the 11th century bce the city was home to the jebusites. the bible describes the city as heavily fortified with a strong city wall, a fact confirmed by archaeology. the bible names the city ruled by king david as the city of david, in hebrew ir david, which was identified southeast of the old city walls, outside the dung gate. in the bible, david's son, king solomon, extended the city walls to include the temple and temple mount.
old city (jerusalem)
while most translations are made by committees of scholars in order to avoid bias or idiosyncrasy, translations are sometimes made by individuals. the translation of j.b. phillips (1958), the bible in living english (1972) by stephen t. byington, j.n. darby's darby bible (1890), heinz cassirer's translation (1989), r.a. knox (1950), gerrit verkuyl's berkeley version (1959), the complete jewish bible (1998) by dr. david h. stern, robert young's literal translation (1862), jay p.green's literal translation (1985), the emphatic diaglott by benjamin wilson (1864), noah webster's bible translation (1833), the original aramaic bible in plain english (2010) by david bauscher, american king james version (1999) by michael engelbrite, the living bible (1971) by kenneth n. taylor, the modern reader's bible (1914) by richard moulton, the five pauline epistles, a new translation (1900) by william gunion rutherford, joseph bryant rotherham's emphasized bible (1902), professor s. h. hooke's the bible in basic english (1949), the holy name bible containing the holy name version of the old and new testaments (1963) by angelo traina, and eugene h. peterson's the message (2002), and father nicholas king's translation of the greek bible into english, are largely the work of individual translators. others, such as robert alter, n. t. wright and dele ikeorha have translated portions of the bible.
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