Solomon's Officials

4 King Solomon was king over all Israel,

The Vanity of Wisdom

¹² I ^(A)the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

³⁰ Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

³⁸ All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with ^(A)a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a ^(B)single mind to make David king.

^19 (A)So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. ²⁰ And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but ^(B)the tribe of Judah only.

^35 (A)But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it to you, ten tribes. ³⁶ Yet to his son ^(B)I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have ^(C)a lamp before me in Jerusalem, ^(D)the city where I have chosen to put my name.

¹³ However, ^(A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but ^(B)I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem ^(C)that I have chosen.”

^5 (A)At Hebron he reigned over Judah ^(B)seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.^[a]