I am trying to find something in the Bibile.?

Song of Solomon 1

2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Here the lover of Solomon (probably the Queen of Sheba) speaks to Solomon. These passages are often attributed to Solomon himself even though it is obvious from the 2nd Verse that it is a woman talking to a man. Also, in the fifth verse the writer mentions "the curtains of Solomon" as opposed to "my curtains".

I have also heard of these verses being attributed to a Gay, Black Solomon.

The Western European racial prejudices that were imported to the United States did not exist in the time of Solomon. Back then the people whose progeny would eventually establish slavery in the Americas were essentially stone age savages living similarly to Native Americans.

I don't think so. The only thing close is in Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon), written by Solomon. It's a love poem and there's a part where it talks about being "dark and beautiful." In that time, to be pale was considered beautiful, and dark was a bad thing, so Solomon was kind of going against that. I'm not sure though if that means the person was black or not. It just says "dark." It could also just be a tan, as the person was outside and tanned. It doesn't specify nationality.

The confusion comes in Song of Solomon 1:5,6. The Song of Solomon is divided into speeched by Solomon, by his beloved, and then the daughters of Jerusalem, here's the passage in context:

"I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

"Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. "

Now, in context, the verse is speaking of Solomon's belovedm, as Solomon certainly never became "a keeper of vineyards" particularly of other people's vineyards. Even if this case, it doesn't sound like she's of African descent, just tanned.

The Jews of the Bible had a much more middle eastern look. There very few people that we know for sure were Black. Moses' wife Zipporah was probably black. There was the Queen of Sheba. There was Simon of Cyrene who carried Jesus' Cross.as Cyrene was a region of Africa.There was an Ethopian Treasurer who Phillip shared the Gospel with in the desert. Simon called "Niger" in Acts 13 is listed as a prophet.

Solomon 1:5,6 speaks of the woman as being black darkened by the sun in the middle east i think most all is darkened by the sun as for Solomon whatever color He must have been a handsome man

No. In the Song of Solomon, the girl calls herself black, but that wasn't Solomon.

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No, the lov song of Solomon mentions color of a woman but color is irrelevant to the story, the TRUTH is a mere historical fact.

Amen...<><

excellent job Adam E

Not in the King James

ha ha ! no.

This is as close as it gets:

Song of Solomon 1:5 “A black girl I am, but comely, O YOU daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Ke´dar, [yet] like the tent cloths of Sol´o·mon. 6 Do not YOU look at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has caught sight of me. The sons of my own mother grew angry with me; they appointed me the keeper of the vineyards, [although] my vineyard, one that was mine, I did not keep.

all people are various shades of brown--even albinos