Who was King Solomon?

(Vatican Radio) In our collective imagination we often connect King Solomon to wisdom. But why is this and anyway who  exactly was this son of King David who lived off the land his father had won?

Scripture scholar. Archbishop of Brisbane, Mark Benedict Coleridge shares with us some thoughts about this character from our family tree of faith who all those centruies ago  had the great Temple in Jerusalem built.

Listen to Scripture Scholar Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge in a programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick for the series 'Blood,Sweat and Tears in the Bible':