Who was the mother of King Solomon?

The mother of King Solomon was Bathsheba. She was first associated with Uriah the Hittite and later became the wife of David, king of Israel.

According to 2 Samuel, David saw Bathsheba bathing and summoned her while her husband was away at war. After she became pregnant, David arranged for Uriah to be placed in a dangerous part of battle, where he died. David then married Bathsheba. The narrative presents the episode as a serious moral failure, followed by divine judgment and the death of their first child.

Solomon was born later, and the prophet Nathan gave him the name Jedidiah. When David grew old, Bathsheba and Nathan worked to secure Solomon’s succession over Adonijah, one of David’s older sons. Solomon’s accession made Bathsheba the queen mother, a powerful position in the royal court.

A useful distinction is that Bathsheba was Solomon’s mother, while David was his father. Matthew’s genealogy also refers to her indirectly as “the wife of Uriah,” highlighting the complicated history behind Solomon’s royal lineage.