<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem<n id="2" /> Israel&#8217;s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion).<n id="3" />

I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules.