History Characters / BooksOfKings

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: His death in battle. Did he go because he thought the prophecy of his death might be false... or did he believe it, but went regardless, because the battle was agreed upon with allies, and even if he died, the prophecy didn't say anything about the outcome of the battle itself.

[[WMG: Solomon]]

[[WMG: The Queen of Sheba]]

[[WMG: Rehoboam, king of Judah]]

[[WMG: Jeroboam, king of Israel]]

[[WMG: Zimri, king of Israel]]

[[WMG: Ahab]]

[[WMG: Jezebel]]

[[WMG: Elijah the Tishbite]]

[[WMG: Elisha]]

[[WMG: Jehu, king of Israel]]

[[WMG: Joash, king of Judah]]

[[WMG: Athaliah, queen of Judah]]

[[WMG: Hezekiah, king of Judah]]

[[WMG: Manasseh, King of Judah]]

[[WMG: Amon, King of Judah]]

[[WMG: Josiah, king of Judah]]

[[WMG: Hosea]]

[[WMG: Amos]]

[[WMG: Jeremiah]]

[[WMG: Ezekiel]]

%%* TheGoodKing

%%* TheGoodKing

* TheCasanova: He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, which is more than anyone else in Literature/TheBible. Also, if you read the ''Literature/SongOfSongs'', you can see that he sure knew how to sweet talk women.
** Though numbers are often exaggerated or metaphorical particularly in the Old Testament.

* ShiksaGoddess: He "loved many foreign women," built altars to all their gods, and eventually started worshipping them himself.

* DubInducedPlothole: A nice prophet guy summoning bears to maul what King James and co. translate as "children" makes a ''lot'' more sense when you look at the actual Hebrew word and see what it means and how it was used. He was being mocked by a gang of 42 young men (as in [[TeensAreMonsters late teens to early 20's]]), which could have been a threat, especially if they were soldiers or bandits.

%%Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Never insult his mentor and NEVER mock his baldness in front of him.

* PoisonousFriend: Leads her husband Ahab down the path of Baal worship and is usually considered to be a bit more evil than he.

* LadyMacbeth: The OlderThanFeudalism example.

%%Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Never insult his mentor and NEVER mock his baldness in front of him.

* TragicMistake / NiceJobBreakingItHero: Showing Babylonian envoys all Judah's treasures put his nation on Babylon's hit list.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: See above.

* BerserkButton: Never insult his mentor and NEVER mock his baldness in front of him.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* JudgmentOfSolomon: TropeNamer.

* UpToEleven: David had multiple wives and originally cheated on all of them with Solomon's mother before marrying her. Solomon outdoes his father and, well... see the numbers above.

[[Characters/BookOfGenesis Genesis]] | [[Characters/BookOfExodus Exodus through Deuteronomy]] | [[Characters/BookOfJudges Judges]] | [[Characters/BooksOfSamuel Samuel]] | '''Kings''' | [[Characters/BookOfEsther Esther]] | [[Characters/BookOfJob Job]] | [[Characters/TheFourGospels Matthew through John]] | [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Acts]]]]-]]]

* AuthorFilibuster: Ecclesiastes. The topic? "Life Sucks Without God."

* ApocalypseMaiden: She certainly brought a major holocaust to Israel with her assault on God's prophets and other true believers.

* BadassBoast: Which convinces the ten Northern tribes to secede. However this serves as a {{Deconstruction}} as it left both Israel and Judah vulnerable to their enemies.

* KarmaHoudini: He never receives any punishment for assassinating King Ahaziah of Judah.

* RasputinianDeath: She gets thrown from a tower, run over by a chariot and has most of her body eaten by dogs. By the time its all over she's little more than a head resting in a pile of gore.

* [[IllBoy Ill Guy]]: Once was this close to death...

* BaldOfAwesome: Never, under any circumstances, insult him for it. Ever. Forty-two youths learned this the hard way.

* NiceGuy: Surprisingly so, especially when compared to his mentor, Elijah. While most of Elijah's miracles were powerful, violent and fiery, Elisha's miracles were mostly to heal, save or help people. Elijah showed thousands of people the power of God, while Elisha preached to individuals and showed God's helpful, loving side. Just don't insult Elijah, or mock his BaldOfAwesome. However, Elisha was not good with kids, nor was he as good with animals as Elijah. Maybe it was because he was a city kid?

* BossInMooksClothing: Tries to escape his prophesied death in the battle of Ramoth Gilead by dressing as one of his soldiers, but still gets killed when an arrow shot at random pierces his armor.

* DestinationDefrenestration: Was thrown out of a window by her own servants, falling to her death.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech

* InfantImmortality: See TakeAThirdOption below.