Was King Soloman black?

Question

Was King Soloman black?

Answer 1

He was from the Arab part off the world, so he would off looked like a Jew or an Arab.

Answer 2

People from the mideast are dark but caucasion in features.

Complexions can range from fair to dark, but he was of Jewish extraction and son of King David.

Answer 3

no.  He was from the area we call Israel, so you can assume he was olive-skinned, with probably very dark hair and eyes.

But not African, as he was not of African descent.

Answer 4

No. King Soloman was the ruler of the United Kingdom of Israel. He was born in Jerusalem and a son of King David, therefore he was Jewish. According to the Hebrew bible, Queen of Sheba (actual location of the historical kingdom may have included both Ethiopia and Yemen) came to visit King Solomon.

The unnamed queen of the land of Sheba heard of the great wisdom of King Solomon of Israel and journeyed there with gifts of spices, gold, precious stones and beautiful wood to test him with questions. In the Biblical passages which refer explicitly to the Queen of Sheba there is no hint of love or sexual attraction between her and Solomon. The two are depicted merely as fellow monarchs engaged in the affairs of state.

Note: Later Ethiopian tradition firmly asserts that King Solomon did seduce and impregnate his guest, and provides a detailed story of how he went about it - a matter of considerable importance to Ethiopians, as their Emperors traced their lineage to that union.

Answer 5

No. "My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand." (Song of Songs 5:10)

Answer 6

Probably not.  He was an Israelite.  If I'm not mistaken though the Queen of Sheba was from the area that is now Ethiopia, so she would have been black.

Answer 7

Not sure about him but the Queen of Sheba was black.

Answer 8

Looking at where they were from and the people that live their now he was prolly mideastern looking.

Answer 9

No, he had black lover: Queen of Sheba:

In a brief, unelaborated, and enigmatic passage, the Bible describes how the fame of Solomon's wisdom and wealth spread far and wide, so much so that the queen of Sheba decided that she should meet with him. The queen is described as visiting with a number of gifts including rare spices, and bringing with her a number of riddles. When Solomon gave her "all her desire, whatsoever she asked," she left satisfied (1 Kings 10:10).

Whether the passage is simply to provide a brief token foreign witness of Solomon's wealth and wisdom, or whether there is meant to be something more significant to the queen's visit and her riddles is unknown; nevertheless the visit of the Queen of Sheba has become the subject of numerous stories.



Depiction of Solomon greeting the Queen of Sheba.Sheba is typically identified as Saba, a nation once spanning the Red Sea on the coasts of what are now Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen, in Arabia Felix. Some modern Arab academics have placed the Queen of Sheba not in Yemen, as older Arab sources did, but rather as a ruler of a trading colony in Northwest Arabia, established by South Arabian kingdoms; modern archaeological finds do indeed confirm the fact that such colonies existed, with south Arabian script and artifacts, though there is nothing to indicate the presence of Solomon's queen of Sheba in particular.

Answer 10

no he was an isrealite....probably fairly dark skinned but not black...