| King Solomon's Death was ordinary in the Bible: | | | | supported against his retreat (staff) for a year, while |
| In the Bible (King James Version), all of the following | | | | the jinn continued to toil in hard labour as was |
| kings had died normally and the Bible used the verb | | | | customary, unaware of his death. |
| "slept" referring to their ordinary death. | | | | What showed his death? Nothing showed the death |
| 1 Kings 2:10 | | | | of Solomon to them save a little creeping creature of |
| 10] So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in | | | | the earth; which may be the wood eater bacteria or |
| the city of David. | | | | fungi or the termite which slowly gnawed away his |
| 2 Chronicles 9:31 | | | | staff; which is said: his wooden stick, rod, Scepter or |
| 31] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was | | | | spear. Then Solomon fell to the ground. |
| buried in the city of David his father: | | | | What was the wisdom of this kind of death? |
| 1 Kings 11:43 | | | | And when Solomon fell to the ground the Jinn and |
| 43] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was | | | | human beings saw clearly that they do not know the |
| buried in the city of David his father: | | | | unseen, if they had known the unseen, they would |
| 2 Chronicles 12:16 | | | | not have continued in despised toil and they would |
| 16] And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was | | | | not have continued in their subservience. People |
| buried in the city of David: | | | | thought before this that the Jinn knew the unseen |
| 2 Chronicles 14:1 | | | | but when they saw this they realized that they did |
| 1] So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried | | | | not. |
| him in the city of David: | | | | In other words, it became apparent to the jinn that if |
| 2 Chronicles 27:9 | | | | they had they known the Unseen - comprising what |
| 9] And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried | | | | was hidden from them in the way of Solomon being |
| him in the city of David: | | | | dead - they would not have continued in the |
| It is interesting that Solomon's death is mentioned | | | | humiliating chastisement, in that hard labour of theirs, |
| twice in the Bible while the death of his father David | | | | in which they continued as they supposed him to be |
| is mentioned once! | | | | alive, which is in contrast to what they would have |
| On the other hand, the Noble Quran does not | | | | supposed had they known the Unseen and the fact |
| mention the death of any of those Kings save | | | | that he had been there an entire year, judging by |
| Solomon. | | | | how much of the staff the little creeping creature of |
| This is because King Solomon's death was unique and | | | | the earth had eaten through after his death; i.e., they |
| astonishing! | | | | would not have continued in the humiliating |
| Peace is upon him and Allah blessed him, He lived an | | | | chastisement for a single day or even a single night. |
| extraordinary life and his death was amazing too! | | | | ========= |
| ========= | | | | It is amazing that the Quran declares these facts |
| King Solomon's Death was Miraculous in the Quran: | | | | about King Solomon's Death and the wisdom of his |
| Surah (Chapter) 34:14 | | | | Miraculous Death that was unknown for one year. |
| 14] "and when we decreed (Solomon's) death, they | | | | On the other hand, King Solomon's Death was |
| had no indication that he was dead and nothing | | | | ordinary in the Bible. |
| showed them his death except a little creeping | | | | ========= |
| creature of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing | | | | Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is |
| away at his staff (his wooden stick or rod or | | | | my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran |
| Scepter): so when he fell down, the Jinn saw plainly | | | | quoted from the Bible?" |
| that if they had known the unseen, they would not | | | | By the way, the disbelieved ignorant Arabs stated |
| have tarried in the humiliating penalty (of their task)." | | | | that the Quran quoted from the Bible more than |
| This verse indicates that when Allah decreed death | | | | 1400 years ago! (Read my article about chapter 25). |
| for him, Solomon died and remained standing and | | | | |