The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away.

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.

Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

The king responded, “Give the first woman the living child; don’t kill him. She is the mother.”

Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses.

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar.

He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.

When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.

Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

God also brought against Solomon another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”