>“This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666”
The only man in the bible with the number 666 associated with him is Solomon. He was world famous for his wisdom. That's two points in a single verse pointing to Solomon.
>“The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.”
Solomon was the Son of David and Bathsheba. He thought God meant him as the descendant of David who would build a house for the Lord, and he had the first temple built. He is the one who many believed Jesus was the re-incarnation of.
>“All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”
>“Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!””
>“While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
What else did Solomon do?
>“Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.”
Sound familiar?