How many children did Solomon have according to the Bible?

Answer 1

The Bible does not really say.

While:

1 Samuel 14:49 lists all of the offspring of King Saul.

1 Chronicles 3:1-24 lists all of the offspring of King David.

1 Chronicles 4 picks up with Judah and his sons.

There is no similar record for King Solomon.

1 Kings 11:1-3 states that Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. Therefore, we can find it is easy to conclude that Solomon had many children.

But the Bible only mentions three of his children:

1 Chronicles 3:10 The son of Sol′o·mon was Re·ho·bo′am; A·bi′jah was his son, A′sa his son, Je·hosh′a·phat his son,

1 Kings 4:15 A·him′a·az, in Naph′ta·li (he took Bas′e·math, another of Sol′o·mon's daughters, as his wife);

1 Kings 4:11 the son of A·bin′a·dab, in all the slopes of Dor (Sol′o·mon's daughter Ta′phath became his wife);