Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines.<n id="1" /> He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.p>

<p class="bodytext">Solomon laid the foundation for God&#8217;s temple;<n id="1" /> its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />

He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.