All these men of war well appointed to fight came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest also of Israel, were of one heart to make David king.
King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived. And he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? And surely among many nations there was not a king like him. And he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.