Now KingSolomonwas kingoverallIsrael.
Now Joabwas overthe wholearmyof Israel,and Benaiahthe sonof Jehoiadawas overthe Cherethitesand the Pelethites;
At Hebronhe reignedoverJudahsevenyearsand sixmonths,and in Jerusalemhe reignedthirty-threeyearsoverallIsraeland Judah.
So DavidreignedoverallIsrael;and Davidadministeredjusticeand righteousnessfor allhis people.
"However,I will not tearawayallthe kingdom,[but] I will giveonetribeto your sonfor the sakeof My servantDavidand for the sakeof JerusalemwhichI have chosen."
KingRehoboamconsultedwith the elderswhohadservedhis fatherSolomonwhile he was still alive,saying,"Howdo you counsel[me] to answerthispeople?"
When allIsraelheardof the judgmentwhichthe kinghad handeddown,they fearedthe king,for they sawthat the wisdomof Godwas in him to administerjustice.
Thesewere his officials:Azariahthe sonof Zadok[was] the priest;
Allthese,being menof warwho could drawup in battleformation,cameto Hebronwith a perfectheartto makeDavidkingoverallIsrael;and allthe restalsoof Israelwere of onemindto makeDavidking.
So Solomonwentfrom the highplacewhichwas at Gibeon,from the tentof meeting,to Jerusalem,and he reignedoverIsrael.
Solomonreignedfortyyearsin JerusalemoverallIsrael.
"Did not Solomonkingof Israelsinregardingthesethings?Yet among the manynationsthere was nokinglikehim, and he was lovedby his God,and Godmadehim kingoverallIsrael;neverthelessthe foreignwomencaused evenhim to sin.
I, the Preacher,have beenkingoverIsraelin Jerusalem.