L3

• wais is to refer to shrewd people who find ways to use something to their favor
• Solomon was considered a wise king because he could distinguish from right or wrong
• Solomon was the second son of David with Bathsheba
• David passed the throne to Solomon in a simple ceremony. He made Solomon ride his mule to symbolize that Solomon had taken his authority and privilege
• Solomon was anointed in Gihon
• Solomon was anointed by the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan
• When God appeared to Solomon in a dream and offered him anything that he wanted, Solomon asked God for wisdom
• Solomon wrote the Wisdom books
• The Temple of Jerusalem became a centerpiece of Solomon's reign
• The temple of Jerusalem was made out of stone dressed at the quarry
• During the reign of king David and King Solomon, Israel experienced an era of great prosperity, peace, and religiosity.
• If David united all of Israel's tribes, then Solomon made Israel a world power
• Solomon kept many foreign wives and joined them on worshipping false Gods
• Solomon desired too much Gold that he gave up 20 cities in Galilee to foreign kings to acquire more gold
• Jeroboam was Solomon's adversary, he rebelled against Solomon
• God took 10 tribes away from Solomon and leaving only Judah for him and his son to rule
• Psalms are inspired prayers
• Job is a dramatic poem
• Ecclesiastes is a set of reflections on the apparent meaningless of existence
• Songs of songs is a poem about love/relationships
• Sirach or Ecclesiasticus contains numerous maxims on topics
• A proverb is a short saying about different aspects of life
• Jesus Ben Sirach is the author of the book Sirach or Ecclesiasticus which means "church book"