Did King Solomon like black people?

But why couldn't it be possible? The Bible says that black people lived among the Israelite ranks. We know this because an entire book - The Song of Solomon - was essentially love poetry about the beauty of King Solomon's black wife! read more

Firstly, King Solomon himself was Black, as were the majority of Old Testament characters. The whole of the Old Testament takes place in greater north east Africa (this was before the construction of the Suez canal, which severed Israel from the rest of Africa), and before the so-called Ashkenazi Jews came to populate that land with European races. read more

king solomon’s penchant for dark-skinned women Solomon’s penchant for dark-skinned women is possibly due to the fact that his mother, Bathsheba, was a Gilonite, a woman of color from Canaan’s land. read more