Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

His royal court was so large because<n id="1" /> he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah<n id="2" /> to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Asa&#8217;s reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.<n id="1" /> Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease.<n id="2" />

The king swore an oath: &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives (he who has rescued me<n id="1" /> from every danger),

<p class="bodytext">All of Adonijah&#8217;s guests panicked;<n id="1" /> they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways.

<p class="bodytext">Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon&#8217;s daughter Taphath.)p>

<p class="bodytext">So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">King Solomon conscripted<n id="1" /> work crews<n id="2" /> from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace.<n id="1" />

All of the entrances<n id="1" /> were rectangular in shape<n id="2" /> and they were arranged in sets of three.<n id="3" />

The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.p>

Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon stood before the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.<n id="1" />

When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

Then<n id="1" /> all the nations of the earth will recognize that the <sc>Lordsc> is the only genuine God.<n id="2" />

When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon&#8217;s extensive wisdom,<n id="1" /> the palace<n id="2" /> he had built,

besides what he collected from the merchants,<n id="1" /> traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

I will select<n id="1" /> you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

I will humiliate David&#8217;s descendants because of this,<n id="1" /> but not forever.&#8221;<n id="2" />