Respecting his wise rule, the Bible states: “Judah and Israel continued to dwell in security, everyone under his own vine and under his own fig tree... all the days of Solomon. ” ​ — 1 Kings 4: 25.
לגבי שלטונו הנבון, המקרא מציין: „וישב יהודה וישראל לבטח, איש תחת גפנו ותחת תאנתו...