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Then Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and killed him; and he was buried at his own house near the wilderness.

The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king put the priest Zadok in the place of Abiathar.

Shimei arose and saddled a donkey, and went to Achish in Gath, to search for his slaves; Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.

Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

Solomon loved the Lord , walking in the statutes of his father David; only, he sacrificed and offered incense at the high places.

And Solomon said, "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you; and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love, and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.

Then Solomon awoke; it had been a dream. He came to Jerusalem where he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord . He offered up burnt offerings and offerings of well-being, and provided a feast for all his servants.

Then the king responded: "Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother."

and these were his high officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

Solomon had twelve officials over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one had to make provision for one month in the year.

Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife);

Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Those officials supplied provisions for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.

He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.

He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon; they came from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram had always been a friend to David.