英语词汇solomon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Solomon; Solomon’s ring. Solomon, the son of David and Bath-sheba, ruled over Israel for some 40 years, and was noted for his wisdom and wealth. The latter and perhaps the former are witnessed by the 700 wives and 300 concubines he kept in great splendor. His wisdom is shown by the tale of the baby he proposed to divide in two. By suggesting this, Solomon deter- mined the child’s rightful mother—the false claimant accept- ing his proposal and the real mother asking that the child be given to her rival rather than be killed. His reign was a great one marked by peace and economic and literary develop- ment, Solomon himself having the “Song of Songs” and the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs attributed to him. Yet there was a religious decline and increasing social injustice in the king’s time, and the northern tribes revolted upon his death in about 933 b.c. Solomon left Israel saddled with taxes and dissension, but his name remains a synonym for wisdom, the Bible referring to him as “wiser than all men . . . his fame . . . in all nations round about.” The wisdom of Solomon is some- times expressed by the phrase to have Solomon’s ring, referring to a legendary ring he wore that told him all he wanted to know.

词汇	solomon
词源	Solomon; Solomon’s ring. Solomon, the son of David and Bath-sheba, ruled over Israel for some 40 years, and was noted for his wisdom and wealth. The latter and perhaps the former are witnessed by the 700 wives and 300 concubines he kept in great splendor. His wisdom is shown by the tale of the baby he proposed to divide in two. By suggesting this, Solomon deter- mined the child’s rightful mother—the false claimant accept- ing his proposal and the real mother asking that the child be given to her rival rather than be killed. His reign was a great one marked by peace and economic and literary develop- ment, Solomon himself having the “Song of Songs” and the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs attributed to him. Yet there was a religious decline and increasing social injustice in the king’s time, and the northern tribes revolted upon his death in about 933 b.c. Solomon left Israel saddled with taxes and dissension, but his name remains a synonym for wisdom, the Bible referring to him as “wiser than all men . . . his fame . . . in all nations round about.” The wisdom of Solomon is some- times expressed by the phrase to have Solomon’s ring, referring to a legendary ring he wore that told him all he wanted to know.
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