King Solomon

King Solomon is a legendary wise ruler featured in Middle Eastern folklore said to have been born about 1000 BCE. According to the Bible, he is the son of David and Bathsheba and ruled as King during a sort of golden age of the Hebrew monarchy. He is the legendary builder of the first temple in Jerusalem as a permanent home for the Ark of the Covenant. The temple was proported to be quite magnificent, built as it was by the djinn and demons the God YHWH had put under Solomon's command, as well as an archetect named Hiram. Alas, this temple has not been located by Archaeologists as yet as efforts are often hindered by Muslim and Jewish protesters who do not want their sacred ground thus defiled.

Solomon is also credited with building several other temples to other deities including Ashtoreth, Molech, and Chemosh, which he did for the pleasure of his many wives so that they could worship the Gods of their homelands conveniently. He is also said to have built a fabulous palace, aqueducts and defensive walls, rebuilding various cities and creating various military outposts.

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