Forefather Соломон царь, прор.

Solomon was the third king of the united Kingdom of Israel, son of King David and Bathsheba, who ascended the throne at about age twelve around 970 BC and reigned roughly forty years. He is renowned for the wisdom God granted him after he asked for it in prayer instead of riches or glory (1 Kings 3). He built the First Temple in Jerusalem — the central sanctuary of the Old Testament — and brought peace and prosperity to the kingdom. Tradition credits him as author of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. In the genealogy of Christ given by Matthew (1:6-7), Solomon appears as the son of David and father of Rehoboam, continuing the royal line leading to Christ. In old age, however, influenced by his many foreign wives, Solomon turned to idolatry and was rebuked by God, losing part of his former glory (1 Kings 11). For this reason the Church does not glorify him as an unblemished righteous man: no separate feast day is appointed for him, and in the service for the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers his name is mentioned only once among the other forefathers.