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When Solomon's father [[King David]] was old and bed ridden, Solomon's brother [[Adonijah]] tried to set himself up as king.  With David's help proclaiming Solomon as his successor, this failed.  David then had his son close up his affairs for him, enacting justice on [[Joab]] and Shimei.

When Solomon's father [[King David]] was old and bed ridden, Solomon's brother [[Adonijah]] tried to set himself up as king.  With David's help proclaiming Solomon as his successor, this failed.  David then had his son close up his affairs for him, enacting justice on [[Joab]] and Shimei.

God came to Solomon in a dream where Solomon asked him for wisdom.  God was very pleased at his request - instead of asking for wealth, or a long life, or the death of his enemies or things only for himself, he wished to rule wisely.  Because of that, God made him more wise than any person who had ever lived.

God came to Solomon in a dream where Solomon asked him for [[wisdom]].  God was very pleased at his request - instead of asking for wealth, or a long life, or the death of his enemies or things only for himself, he wished to rule wisely.  Because of that, God made him more wise than any person who had ever lived.

David could not build God's temple because he was a man of 'blood', but Solomon could and did in 960 B.C., making a monumental structure that lasted until the Babylonian captivity ended the line of Davidic kings in 586 B.C.

David could not build God's temple because he was a man of 'blood', but Solomon could and did in 960 B.C., making a monumental structure that lasted until the Babylonian captivity ended the line of Davidic kings in 586 B.C.