Solomon

King Shlomo made 200 large shields of hammered gold; fifteen pounds of hammered gold went into one shield.

All King Shlomo's drinking vessels were of gold; and all the utensils in the House of the L'vanon Forest were of pure gold; for in Shlomo's time, silver was regarded as having little value.

So King Shlomo surpassed all the kings on earth in both wealth and wisdom.

All the kings on earth sought to have an audience with Shlomo, in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Shlomo also had 4,000 stalls of horses for his chariots and his 12,000 horsemen; he assigned them to the chariot cities and to the king in Yerushalayim.

They brought horses for Shlomo from Egypt and from all countries.

Other activities of Shlomo, from beginning to end, are written in the records of Natan the prophet, in the prophecy of Achiyah of Shiloh and in the visions of Ye'do the seer concerning Yarov'am the son of N'vat.

Shlomo reigned in Yerushalayim over all Isra'el for forty years.

Then Shlomo slept with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David his father, and Rechav'am his son became king in his place.

When Yarov'am the son of N'vat heard of it, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from Shlomo.

King Rechav'am consulted the older men who had been in attendance on Shlomo his father during his lifetime and asked, "What advice would you give me as to how to answer these people?"

"Speak to Rechav'am the son of Shlomo, king of Y'hudah, and to all Isra'el in Y'hudah and Binyamin; tell them

For three years they strengthened the kingdom of Y'hudah and made Rechav'am the son of Shlomo strong, because for three years they followed the way of life of David and Shlomo.

So Shishak king of Egypt attacked Yerushalayim. He took the treasures in the house of ADONAI and the treasures in the royal palace - he took everything, including the gold shields Shlomo had made.

Yet Yarov'am the son of N'vat, servant to Shlomo the son of David, rose in rebellion against his lord.

There rallied around him worthless brutes who were too strong for Rechav'am the son of Shlomo to withstand when he was young and inexperienced.

So there was great joy in Yerushalayim; for since the time of Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra'el, there had been nothing like it in Yerushalayim.

He set the carved image of the idol he had made in the house of God, concerning which God had told David and Shlomo his son, "In this house and in Yerushalayim, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Isra'el, I will put my name forever.

To the L'vi'im who were teaching all Isra'el and were holy for ADONAI he said, "Put the holy ark in the house which Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra'el, built; after this, you will not have to carry it again. Now serve ADONAI your God and his people Isra'el.

Organize yourselves by clans and duty divisions according to the arrangement written down by David king of Isra'el and Shlomo his son.

The descendants of Shlomo's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Hasoferet, descendants of P'ruda,

All the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants numbered 392

"The descendants of Shlomo's servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Soferet, descendants of P'rida,

"All the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants numbered 392

In the cities of Y'hudah, everyone lived on his own property - the people of Isra'el, the cohanim, the L'vi'im, the temple servants and the descendants of Shlomo's servants. But the leaders of the province lived in Yerushalayim.