If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals.”

The king swore an oath: “As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger),

Jonathan replied to Adonijah: “No! Our master King David has made Solomon king.

Bathsheba replied, “That’s fine, I’ll speak to the king on your behalf.”

King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah.

Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king.

King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.

The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

The king of Israel replied, “It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you.”

At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them, “Go and find out what’s going on.”

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.