Which examples or stories about Solomon's wisdom impressed you the most?

Answer 1

The book of Proverbs and the book of The Song of Solomon, books that were written by Solomon there are hundreds of examples of his wisdom that have helped and comforted people for thousands of years. Secondly the statement that both women would have given up the baby rather than have it killed seems unusual because a very greedy woman was claiming a baby that was not hers. Only love superseded greed and put the baby ahead of personal needs. Only a loving mother would give up the baby to save it. Hence Solomon's wisdom remains intact.

Answer 2

The defining legend of Solomon was his great wisdom, gifted to him by God. If there ever was a King Solomon, The Bible says that he was the wisest of kings. However, there is only one example of his wisdom in the whole Bible.

Soon after God granted Solomon wisdom, two women asked for judgement over the ownership of a small baby. In this episode, Solomon gave his most famous judgement, the only biblical example of his great wisdom. Solomon, with his profound wisdom, just knew that only one woman would be willing to give up her claim to the child rather than have it killed. This one example does not impress me at all, because Solomon should have had no reason to believe that only one woman would be willing to let the baby live, nor should he have had any reason to believe that the woman willing to let the baby live would be the real mother. Imagine if a magistrate today made the same judgement - we would be horrified, and we would expect to see both women offer to give up their rights to the baby, just so that it would live. There is no wisdom in expecting otherwise.