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Solomon needed a demon to build the Temple. He caught the king of demons with wine, used him, then kept him chained. The demon got his revenge.
Moses stands at Og's border gripped by a fear older than the battle. And God speaks before a single spear is thrown.
At Gibeon, God told the young king to ask for anything. Solomon could have named riches or long life. He asked for an understanding heart instead.
A queen who ruled a land Solomon had never seen crossed the known world with riddles, gold, and spices to find out whether the reports were exaggerated.
One Sabbath in the valley of Gennesaret, two men climbed trees after birds. One broke the law and lived. One kept it and died.
The rabbis paired Joseph and David across a thousand years. Both faced desire so strong they had to swear formal oaths against themselves to survive it.
Solomon kept the demon king chained as a trophy. When he handed Asmodeus his ring to prove a point, he lost his throne for years.
An angel arrives to take Elijah from earth, finds him teaching Elisha, and returns empty-handed. Even death cannot interrupt a Torah lesson in the middle.
Pharaoh marked the men fated to die and shipped them off to build Solomon's Temple. Solomon sent them home wearing the shrouds Pharaoh planned to bury them in.
Seven men had one job: remind Solomon of Torah's rules for kings before he sat down each day. The wisest man alive still needed people to keep him honest.
Solomon commanded demons, spoke to eagles, and ruled the world. Then one ant told him he was wrong about something, and she was right.
Benaiah stole one chess piece and won. Solomon answered with a treasury trap that made the general confess in front of the court.
Solomon asked for a listening heart, then proved it with mothers, riddles, and proverbs that kept multiplying beyond the first answer.
A yearly visitor refused Solomon's treasure and asked for the speech of birds and beasts, a gift the king wrapped in a death warning.
Solomon could command birds, letters, and kingdoms, but a request to crush five locusts stripped him of divine spirit and wisdom.
God told Solomon to ask for anything. Solomon asked only to judge his people. What God gave him in return was everything he had not asked for.
On the night Solomon finished the Temple, Pharaoh's daughter hung stars above his bed. He slept through the morning sacrifice while Israel stood and waited.
A headless demon named Envy wanted Solomon's head. Soon Asmodeus wore the king's face, while Solomon begged to be recognized.
Solomon flew on a carpet 60 miles wide and praised his own power. The wind dropped 40,000 men until the king learned one word again.
Solomon found a silver plate in a statue's throat, but its dead king's warning only made sense after his own crown was taken away.
Solomon drew his flesh with wine while his heart held wisdom. The Zohar says he was tracing the posture every soul must learn before the King.
Solomon reached for wisdom, folly, and desire until his memory emptied, but creation still answered him with dangerous goodness.
Solomon thought the yod in one Torah verse could not apply to a king as wise as himself. The letter rose and accused him before God.
Solomon's court held roses in summer and cucumbers in winter. Kohelet Rabbah then told him there was a time to throw wealth into the sea.
A man with two heads stood in Solomon's court demanding a double share of his father's estate. Both mouths were talking. Solomon ordered hot water.
Two children swore they would never marry without each other's blessing. Years later, she came with gold to buy her release. He refused to take a coin.
A serpent arrived in court with a man's neck in its coils and a verse from scripture as its legal brief. Solomon stripped it of the advantage.
Three brothers worked for Solomon thirteen years. Two took gold when he offered them a choice. The third took advice. Only the third came home.
The Queen of Sheba came to find where Solomon's wisdom failed. She brought a gender test, a flower test, and finally a door that would not open.
A wooden well, a dust that lit a house, a plant that honored the dead. The Queen of Sheba made Solomon name each hidden thing.
