Oops of the Day

When Solomon was crowned king and asked God to give him wisdom because he was just a child, he was not literally a child. 

I Kings chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & Song of Solomon 3:11

Fact Of the Day 

No!  Solomon was only 18 or 19 years old when he became king. These are the events after Bathsheba becomes pregnant with Solomon in I Kings chap. 11:
1 year – war with Ammonites (chap. 12)
2 years – Dtr Tamar raped by son Amnon and Absalom’s revenge (chap. 13)
3 years – Absalom exiled by father (chap. 13)
2 years – Absalom back in Jerusalem still rejected (chap. 14)
4 years – Absalom judges people when David not making self available (chap. 15)
1 year – Absalom finally makes self king (chap. 15-19)
1 year – Sheba rebels (chap. 20)
3 years – Famine (chap. 21)
1 year – Census & plague (chap. 24) & dies (I Ki. 1-2)
18 years of events after Bathsheba becomes pregnant with Solomon
David died at age 70 after reigning 40 years. Solomon was crowned on his wedding day (Song of Solomon), reigned 40 years and died. His son, Rehoboam, became king when he was age 41. So, Solomon was around age 18 or maybe 19 when he became king.