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So Solomon rebuilt it.) He also built the cities of Lower Beth Horon

Three times each year Solomon offered whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord . He also burned incense before the Lord . So he finished the work on the Temple.

Hiram had skilled sailors, so he sent them to serve in these ships with Solomon's men.

So she said to King Solomon, "What I heard in my own country about your achievements and wisdom is true.

Praise the Lord your God, who was pleased to make you king of Israel. The Lord has constant love for Israel, so he made you king to keep justice and to rule fairly."

So Solomon had more riches and wisdom than all the other kings on earth.

So Solomon did what the Lord said was wrong and did not follow the Lord completely as his father David had done.

Solomon did the same thing for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their gods.

So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have chosen to break your agreement with me and have not obeyed my commands, I will tear your kingdom away from you and give it to one of your officers.

At that time Hadad was only a young boy, so he ran away to Egypt with some of his father's officers.

The king liked Hadad so much he gave Hadad a wife—the sister of Tahpenes, the king's wife.

While he was in Egypt, Hadad heard that David had died and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead also. So Hadad said to the king, "Let me go; I will return to my own country."

Rezon ruled Aram, and he hated Israel. So he was an enemy of Israel all the time Solomon was alive. Both Rezon and Hadad made trouble for Israel.

Jeroboam was a capable man, and Solomon saw that this young man was a good worker. So Solomon put him over all the workers from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

I will allow Solomon's son to continue to rule over one tribe so that there will always be a descendant of David, my servant, in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be worshiped.

Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days, and then come back to me." So the people left.

Rehoboam had told the people, "Come back to me in three days." So after three days Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam.

So the king did not listen to the people. The Lord caused this to happen to keep the promise he had made to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah, a prophet from Shiloh.

When all the Israelites saw that the new king refused to listen to them, they said to the king, "We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let's go to our own homes! Let David's son rule his own people!" So the Israelites went home.

‘The Lord says you must not go to war against your brothers, the Israelites. Every one of you should go home, because I made all these things happen.'" So they obeyed the Lord 's command and went home as the Lord had commanded.