The wisdom of the young king was soon put tothe test. His choice of this rather than long life, wealth, honor, and the destruction of his enemies, greatly pleased Yhwh. When he went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices-a thousand burnt offerings- Yhwh appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Ask what I shall give thee.' Solomon, conscious of the heavy responsibility of the ruler of such a realm, chose the wisdom that is needful in a judge. His part was to increase its efficiency and glory and wealth but to succeed in this he needed special gifts. He came into possession of a kingdom organized and prosperous. Thenceforth Solomon proceeded both safely and wisely in the development of his government. This completed the destruction of the characters whose presence about the court was likely to be a perpetual menace to the life of Solomon. But on the escape of two of his servants to Philistia he left Jerusalem to capture them and on his return he, too, fell under the sword of the bloody Benaiah. He was given explicit orders to remain in Jerusalem, where his movements could be under surveillance. Shimei, who had cursed David, was also in the list of suspects. Joab, learning the fate of Adonijah and Abiathar, fled to the altar for refuge but Solomon commissioned the same executioner, Benaiah, to slay him there. Abiathar, formerly David's trusted priest, who had conspired with Adonijah, was sent to the priest-city Anathoth, to his own fields, and deprived of his priestly office. This request was equivalent to asking for coregency, and Solomon so regarded it, for he quickly sent Benaiah to slay Adonijah. As soon as Solomon had become established over the kingdom, Adonijah, through Bathsheba, the queen-mother, asked the king for Abishag the Shunammite as a wife. Beginning of Solomon's Reign.Дavid, before he died, had given Solomon a charge regarding his own actions as a man, and regarding his attitude toward several of the influential personages about the king's court. Adonijah fled in terror to the horns of the altar, and left them only on the oath of Solomon that his life should be spared. This aroused the suspicions of Nathan, who so arranged that simultaneously with Adonijah's coronation the court advisers, by order of David, crown Solomon, son of Bath-sheba, king of Israel. 1-4) in order of age the next claimant to the throne, prepared to usurp it, but passed over, in the invitation to his coronation, some of the most influential friends and advisers of David, as well as his brother Solomon. As David was nearing his death, Adonijah, apparently (I Chron. The question of David's successor had come to the front in Absalom's rebellion. By nature and training Solomon was richly endowed and well equipped for the office of leader. Solomon's respect and reverence for her, even after his accession to the throne, point in the same direction. Bath-sheba's relations with Nathan at the attempted accession of Adonijah (I Kings i.) show that she was a woman of no mean talent. 24, 25), and that Nathan stood in close association with David's household. The circumstances attending Solomon's birth indicate that he was 'beloved of Yhwh' (II Sam. Some second or third-hand material is found in Josephus, Eusebius, and elsewhere, mostly taken from the books of Kings and Chronicles. and the corresponding portions of I Chronicles, also I Kings i.-xi. The sources for the history of the reign of Solomon are II Sam. These two names are predictive of the character of his reign, which was both highly favored and peaceful. 9) assuming that David was told by Yhwh that his son's name should be Solomon (='peaceful'). He was called Jedidiah (= 'beloved of Yhwh') by Nathan the prophet, the Chronicler (I Chron. Third king of all Israel reigned from about 971 to 931 B.C second son of David and Bath-sheba (II Sam.

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