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Worshiped gods other than Yahweh (1 Kings 11:1–3). This forms part of the Power of Women topos in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, showing the dangers women posed to even the most virtuous men.[129]Naamah, a princess of Ammon (now in Jordan) who arrives in Jerusalem at age fourteen to marry King Solomon and tells of their life together, is the narrator of Aryeh Lev Stollman's novel Queen of Jerusalem, which was published in 2020 by Aryeh Nir/Modan (Tel Aviv) in Hebrew translation under the title Divrei Y'mai Naamah (דברי ימי נעמה).[130]Solomon and Sheba (1959)—Epic film directed by King Vidor, starring Yul Brynner and Gina LollobrigidaSolomon & Sheba (1995)—Showtime film directed by Robert M. Young starring Halle Berry and Jimmy SmitsSolomon (1997, TNT)—directed by Roger Young, starring Ben CrossBrooklyn Babylon (2001)— a modern retelling of the story of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, set during the Crown Heights riotThe Kingdom of Solomon (2009)—Iranian production directed by Shahriar BahraniThe Song (2014)—a modern retelling directed by Richard Ramsey, starring Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, and Caitlin Nicol-Thomas[131][132]Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)—King Solomon woos the Queen of Sheba in the first tale told by the DjinnPopol Vuh, Das Hohelied Salomos – 1975 album with Solomon texts set to music.Giacomo Carissimi, The Judgement of Solomon for three chorus, two violins and organMarc-Antoine Charpentier, Judicium Salomnis, H 422, Oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and continuo 1702Sébastien de Brossard, Solomon's fall, cantataHandel composed an oratorio entitled Solomon in 1748. The story follows the basic biblical plot.[133]Ernest Bloch composed a Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra entitled Schelomo, based on King Solomon.Kate Bush wrote a song called "Song of Solomon" in 1993 for her album The Red Shoes.Toivo Tulev composed a piece for choir, soloists and chamber orchestra entitled Songs in 2005. The text is taken directly from the Song of Songs in its English, Spanish and Latin translations.Derrick Harriott has a rocksteady song titled Solomon (later covered by Junior Murvin), in which he warns a woman that he is wiser than Solomon in the ways of women.Jamaican dancehall rapper Sean Paul mentions King Solomon in his
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