<p class="bodytext">Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families.

Then the king turned around<n id="1" /> and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.<n id="2" />

Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to sacrifice to the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors.<n id="2" />

Don&#8217;t you realize that the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?<n id="1" />

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;I will disguise myself and then enter<n id="1" /> the battle; but you wear your royal attire.&#8221; So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.

Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed<n id="1" /> that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.p>

When all Israel&#8217;s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem<n id="1" /> for forty years.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.p>

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> is just.&#8221;<n id="1" />

The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army,<n id="1" /> and God handed them over to the men of Judah.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.<n id="1" />

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.<n id="1" />

He followed in the footsteps of<n id="1" /> the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

<p class="bodytext">When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, &#8220;We have no portion in David &#8211; no share in the son of Jesse!<n id="1" /> Return to your homes, O Israel!<n id="2" /> Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!&#8221;<n id="3" /> So all Israel returned to their homes.<n id="4" />

He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don&#8217;t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the <sc>Lordsc> your God and his people Israel!

<p class="bodytext">Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel.<n id="1" />p>

All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival<n id="1" /> in the seventh month.<n id="2" />

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live,<n id="1" /> and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.&#8217;