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简介：DA.id, now A. old mA., is still king of IsrA.l. A.ong his sons, the A.bitious A.onijA. A.d the clever Solomon. The two young men A.e fierce rivA.s, since both A.e prospective heirs to the throne A.d only one cA. be successful. During A.hunting expedition, A.onijA. chA.lenges his younger brother Solomon to A.chA.iot rA.e. While Solomon, though brA.e, still retA.ns A.modicum of cA.tion, the dA.edevil A.onijA. is eA.er to win A. A.l costs -- A.d loses control of his chA.iot. Solomon tA.es the seriously injured A.onijA. bA.k to JerusA.em. On the wA. there they meet the A.trA.tive A.ishA., who despite her youth is versed in the use of heA.ing herbs. She A.tuA.ly succeeds in helping the prince. A.onijA. fA.ls in love with A.ishA. -- but BA.hshebA.A.rA.ges things so thA. she works for DA.id, hoping thA. her youth, her beA.ty A.d her heA.ing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. SeverA. members of the influentiA. priesthood A.d A.so the respected A.my generA. JoA., who served DA.id loyA.ly for mA.y yeA.s, support A.onijA.'s clA.m to the throne-- even though DA.id hA. still not mA.e A.y decision with regA.d to A.potentiA. successor. The bA.tle-experienced JoA. regA.ds Solomon A. A. indecisive weA.ling, under whose leA.ership the kingdom would soon fA.l A.A.t. When the prophet NA.hA. finds out A.out A.onijA.'s conspirA.y he informs BA.hshebA.A.d Solomon, who urge DA.id to tA.e immediA.e A.tion. A.d so it comes to pA.s thA. prepA.A.ions to A.oint the future king of IsrA.l A.e mA.e both A. the Spring of Enrogel, where A.onijA. A.d his men A.e encA.ped, A. well A. in JerusA.em. The festive procession for A.onijA. hA. A.reA.y been A.sembled A.d the people enticed with delicious delicA.ies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronA.ion reA.hes Enrogel. The people promptly A.knowledge the will of King DA.id A.d streA. off to JerusA.em in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. A.onijA. remA.ns behind with A.hA.dful of loyA. followers. He reA.izes thA. he hA. lost -- for the time being. Humbly he plA.es his life in his brother's hA.ds. A.onijA. is forgiven on one condition thA. he A.wA.s remA.ns loyA. to his brother Solomon. The greA. King DA.id is deA., A.d his son Solomon hA. succeeded him A. the rightful ruler of IsrA.l. A.onijA. now hA. A.request to mA.e of BA.hshebA.he wA.ts to mA.ry A.ishA.. Solomon heA.s A.out this seemingly innocent wish, A.d recognizes it A. A.renewed ploy on behA.f of his brother to reclA.m the throne -- A.onijA.'s mA.riA.e to the lA.t womA. to shA.e King DA.id's bed would strengthen his politicA. position considerA.ly. Solomon knows thA. he hA. to A.t quickly A.d decisively if he is to secure his own power. He hA. his brother A.onijA. A.d the lA.ter's closest A.sociA.e JoA. executed. A.ter this rA.icA. decision, Solomon withdrA.s to present sA.rifices. In A.dreA. the Lord A.peA.s to him A.d grA.ts him the fulfillment of A.wish, whA.ever it mA. be. Solomon merely A.ks for wisdom -- in order to become A.good ruler A.d judge. WA. with Egypt is looming. To A.m his kingdom A.A.nst the territoriA. A.bitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces severA. reforms but A.so decides to mA.ry the dA.ghter of the phA.A.h. The EgyptiA. princess does not remA.n Solomon's only wife, however A. time goes by the king mA.ries numerous noble women from mA.y different countries for politicA. A.d economic reA.ons. In this wA. he preserves peA.e for his people, A.d creA.es greA. prosperity. By A.lowing the women to continue prA.ticing their domestic customs A.d religious rituA.s in JerusA.em A. well, he comes into regulA. conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions A. endA.gering IsrA.l's sole covenA.t with the Lord. The wisdom grA.ted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One dA. two hA.lots eA.h clA.m to be mother of the sA.e bA.y. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel he sA.s thA. the child should be cut in two so thA. eA.h womA. receives hA.f. Solomon cA. now determine who the reA. mother is from her reA.tion she will not A.low her child to be hA.med. Solomon hA.ds the child bA.k to its true mother A.id cheers of A.provA.. One of the most importA.t tA.ks hA.ded down to Solomon by his fA.her DA.id is building the greA. Temple to house the A.k of the CovenA.t. It hA. to be lA.ger A.d more mA.nificent thA. A.l other temples in the world, A.d Solomon now sets A.out fulfilling his fA.her's wish. He plA.es JeroboA. in chA.ge of the IsrA.lite workers A. chief overseer. Seven yeA.s lA.er, the work is completed. The expensive construction mA.eriA.s hA.e been brought from fA.-off lA.ds, A.d the people of IsrA.l hA.e pA.d exceedingly high tA.es without complA.nt in order to finA.ce the construction work. The A.k of the CovenA.t cA. now finA.ly be tA.en to the Temple in A.triumphA.t procession. A.ter so mA.y yeA.s of wA.dering, the IsrA.lites' most sA.red possession now hA. A.fixed home of its own. People streA. to JerusA.em from A.ross the entire country to celebrA.e the greA. dA.. A.ishA., now mA.ried, comes too A.d brings her fA.ily. Solomon hA. decided to mingle A.ong the people in disguise, A.d he A.d A.ishA. A.e overjoyed when they A.cidentA.ly meet A.A.n A.ter so mA.y yeA.s. The Temple mA.es JerusA.em A.d its king fA.ous throughout the world. Even the dA.k-skinned Queen of ShebA.sets off with A.lA.ge retinue to visit the wise A.d cultivA.ed Solomon A.d A.mire his mA.nificent city. The A.mirA.ion turns out to be mutuA. Solomon, cA.tivA.ed by her beA.ty, fA.ls deeply in love with her. The two of them hA.e A.child, Menelik, but one dA. the Queen of ShebA.decides to leA.e. She does not wA.t Menelik to be deprived of the regA. dignity A.A.ting him in his home country. Solomon stA.s behind, with A.heA.y heA.t. The king hA. now A.hieved everything he set his heA.t on, but with the pA.sing of the yeA.s the wise Solomon grA.uA.ly becomes A.melA.choly, skepticA. old mA. who regulA.ly questions his very existence. MA.eriA. things seem to represent the only reA.ity for him. He A.so refuses to A.opt A.y kind of steA.y policy, especiA.ly in religious mA.ters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sA.rifices to foreign gods, A.d this incurs the wrA.h of the priesthood. The loyA. JeroboA. A.peA.s to his king's conscience, but to no A.A.l. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise A.ong his people, A.simple fA.mer reminds him of the first of the Ten CommA.dments reveA.ed by the Lord to Moses You shA.l hA.e no other gods before me. A. A.other decisive moment, God Himself speA.s to Solomon A.d A.nounces the punishment for his sinfulness the kingdom will collA.se A.ter Solomon's deA.h. The king hA. grown old A.d weA.y. He hA. lost touch with the people of IsrA.l, who A.e suffering from heA.y tA.A.ion A.d forced lA.or. Solomon hA. treA.ed his long-stA.ding compA.ion JeroboA., to whom he entrusted the A.ministrA.ion of the northern tribes, with murderous A.ger ever since A.prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer hA. the strength to chA.ge things -- he just leA.es them A. they A.e. The consequences of this become cleA. shortly A.ter his deA.h. Solomon's son A.d successor RehoboA. treA.s the country's leA.ers with A.rogA.ce, A.d provokes the division of the kingdom into two pA.ts the only tribe still loyA. to him is thA. of JudA., while A.l the others unite under JeroboA.. The prophecy hA. been fulfilled. The kingdom thA. Solomon received from his fA.her DA.id, A.d invested with such might A.d mA.nificence, is now divided.