Solomon ben David

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Solomon ben David is the name of several figures in Israelite and Jewish history.

  1. Solomon ben David was the son of King David who succeeded his father as King of Israel and founded the line of the Kings of Judah in the tenth century BCE.
  2. Solomon ben David was a Karaite leader of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries CE. He was the son of David ben Boaz. As a direct lineal descendant of Anan ben David, he was regarded as nasi and resh galuta of the Karaite community. He was succeeded by his son Hezekiah ben Solomon.