“King Solomon Is My Favorite Bible Character” – Asamoah Gyan

In a question and answer session with On Da Spot on Asaase radio, when asked which bible character in the bible he chose and why he chose that character, former Ghanaian skipper, Asamaoh Gyan, aka Baby Jet, revealed his favorite bible character is King Solomon.

He explained why he chose King Solomon as his favorite character. He revealed that he has some characteristics similar to King Solomon, which is why he chose him as his favorite bible character.

According to biblical tradition (and some say myth), King Solomon was the third and last king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel. Other faiths, such as Islam and Rastafarianism, also embrace the notion of Solomon as a sagacious king and powerful prophet of Israel. He was renowned for his wisdom, his prolific writing, and his building accomplishments. Born around 1010 BCE, Solomon was the tenth son of King David (the second king of ancient united Israel) and the second son of Bathsheba. Like King Saul and King David, King Solomon reigned for 40 years in one of the highest and most prosperous periods in Israel’s history—called by many, “The Golden Age” of Israel.
Solomon’s prosperity and success were also achieved through ingenious reforms and innovations such as the improvement of defense measures, the expansion of the royal court, the financial windfall from more sophisticated taxation, labor conscriptions of Canaanites and Israelites, tributes and gifts from foreign countries under the influence of Solomon, and a land and sea trading system that utilized a powerful navy and army to protect assets and trade routes. According to the Hebrew scriptures, “The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamores, which are in the lowland” (2 Chronicles 1).
King Solomon was also famous for his international relationships, forming alliances with other powerful nations nearby, such as Egypt, Moab, Tyre, Arabia, etc. Many of these partnerships were cemented through royal marriages and the giving of concubines to Solomon, eventually gaining him 700 wives and 300 concubines. One of King Solomon’s more famous political-amorous relationships was with the Queen of Sheba (which some speculate to be modern-day Yemen), who visited Israel with a lavish tribute of 120 talents of gold. The Hebrew scriptures state, “And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her” (2 Chronicles 9).

Source: Dklassgh.com