所罗_.
门

《所罗_.
门》讲述的是什么故事？

《所罗_.
门》David, ; now  an o^ld\* man, is )#s/,=-ti\=[ll- king of Isra_el. A# ]mong \/:his  s=
#ons, the ambitious Adonija\(h and t*^he% cle,ve$/r Solomon. The t^^,wo y[@o_;un$.=g men a@+re fierce rivals, sin$`_ce b]..oth /!are pros)(pective heir+%]s to the throne and only( @ one;:+ c an` be success%_:fu%!l. Dur =ing a /hu=nt??+`ing exp= #edition, (!Adonijah *c-=h`-allenges `#his younger br)(:other][ S.olomon to!` a cha
*$riot ra( ?ce[#. While Solomo/n, though ^brave, still re,ta #ins a modicum of?]$ c-auti!;on,] the dar__ed?.)evil \Adonij\=ah is !ea$ger to win at #=all costs -- and lose  s control o!?f his cha_\
riot. Solomon)) %?(takes t*-he serio)usl: y in* jured Adonija::h);/ ,`ba^.]ck to ?Jerusalem ^%. On t:=he way +.the #=re #-t/[hey meet the attra\\, ctive  Ab !.i!shag, wh!o% ; d(espite her ^ y!
outh is ve/+^rsed in t*))he/ use ,)_of hea ^ling herbs. She actual+ ly. s)#[uc?`ce*$eds in h! `elping t. [he prince.;+ Adon([.ijah fall:= s,./ in lo#ve with Abishag -- but B=
at,+hsheba ;*arrange:,#s )thin?gs so that+$, sh-::e ;[w+
orks fo!r David, h@=-oping tha?; *t he% !+r youth, h []er be]auty and her healing power?s will soot?)he; th\=`e old king-'s/  suf^f% ^erin[$ g. Seve[ral mem- `;bers of $;t@he i_!*nf +luential^$ priesth]
ood ?*!and also the r=\espected a*%rmy genera;
l Joab, w_[ho se-\r[*`v,ed David loyally .for many years,(
su /(p-[/*port Adoni;j-ah's [claim@; to t*@, he thro;(ne]--$:^ even though Da ;#vid h)a:s.- stil/@^l not made any deci@si(on_ with regard ((to a pot=[en+tial successo(@r..-. T_he battle-ex!]-perienced Jo]%ab .regards Solom=;+on as *^#^an indecis)]ive weakling, und=er $[ whose leadership] t\he kingdo_m would soon fall ap :,=art. Wh en the prophet#== Nath.(an fin[;ds out about Ad(+onij*ah'[,s conspiracy h!e $  ]informs B+!.athsheba and S?=olomo,n, who u#(rge David to tak`
:e immediat%e a,?ction. _/ _+And/ _)so\
 it come s to p] :ass that prepara-=tions to anoi`nt the f?_utu_=re king=! of +
\;I)^srael are made both at the Spri_+ng-; of Enro)[*gel@ /, where Adonijah=!-  and?( his me^;]n ar*e encamped, as well;`

a=_+s in Jerusalem,.` Th%e \=festiv[$e processi#_o
n for Adonij\ah has already b!,==een ,?assembled *and the peo,?
ple ent/:_i,ced ], \%with delicious delicacies to(_; c\* heer him on, ,when the n=*/\ews#] of #Solomon's c,oronation re
aches Enrogel. The people pr!omptl%)y a:cknowl;.edge the will of King David and s:tream off t.#+o Jerusalem in their hordes t$o gr@*ee$[, t S@(olomon
), their future ruler. A[.donijah rema.*%i,ns be]*#hind wit%[h ??a handful $ of loyal followe `?rs. He r][%ealizes`( that he has lost -- for t) ]he t)]*ime bein=g. Humbly h$%e plac+es his] life in his brot(]her's  han;[ds.
A=d+ o n. (ijah is forgi%, ve[@-@,n on on ?)e condition that he always r#emain@ $s loyal t(o his brother Solomon. T+=@+?he g;.reat King David is dead, *and his son ($Solom
on[ has suc(]^ceede+ d? /him as the rig*+=*%htful rule\r of Israel*^. Adonij`
ah @now h:as a request ! to make , of Bathsheba he wa# nts (t^/o marry Abish $ag. Sol@#omon @[he?[ars^ ]@about th/^is s:#]e;emin)@`gly innocen$-t wis h, a@_.nd rec,%o:`gnize--s it `^!as a renewed pl(*\oy on behalf of his brother to reclai/m the@_#@ throne -- Adoni.)jah'(*s mar/riag.,e=%[! _to th ^-e\% :$#.l/#ast woman to sha#[%re## King David's bed-+? wou
l=#/%d strengt^?hen his politi)@cal pos)ition @ con;sid *era+/bly.- ^Solomon knows
 t+$hat@/  he has to ac[t quic`kly]= an`@d dec+ isively [[[if h%)`e is to secure+ h ]i_^s ow$-@n po
%w)er@. He h?`=as his bro=ther A,?^donijah #and the */latt.=er*('.s c*losest a!ssociat].,e J,
)
o#ab .:executed. A?fter this ra^dica @@l decision, S]\olomon withdraws to p[rese_nt sacr!*ifices.. In a dream- . the Lord appears to him a $^=nd gra,`nts hi\/m the fulfi?llment of a
_ wish,: whatever it may ^\_ `be. Sol`
o--!;mon]# m_%erel)y @)#]a.sks for wis*dom --= in ;_?^order to become )*a good ] +r uler[, and ju
^)d\^#ge. Wa@@r with Egyp#$.t is l
_ooming. To arm his kingd@_[o m.^/ a)
^^gains\$t th/`e? territori*
#(al ambiti]ons of it=s powerful ne
` ighbors, So[lomon not only ( intr :)oduces  seve; ral ].+refor$ms [ -but  also deci.]des ;#t)o mar
)+=r:y the daughter of 
the ,@_p% #haraoh. The E;gyptian(( princes @?s does/ not remain( Solomon's on`!*l?-y wife, however :.as time goes by the^
$ king mar$^-ries( numer/o=:us% n$oble wome+n f,(r:om many diff;,er%?#en t co
?[u.];ntr`?ies[! f/`(o@ r pol^)itic^?al and econo.)mic re:asons. I,n this  way he preserves ^peace fo_r his people, %and creat$es g?:reat @ prosperity.
$ [_By all?owin%!g the wom\]en+#[ to con-tinue prac? tici*ng their domestic cu\stoms and religiou[][s /rituals in #
(-Jerusale +,m as well, he; comes/$  !into regula[[r conflict wit__h t[, he  p`;-r-_[`iesthood,_ who see *!the foreig@n religions as endan+:gering Israel's so)* ?le c;o.+$v% enant ;with the Lord. Th%)_e wisdo=^`m /^.g!ranted to \ Solomon by God\.) become 
s ful= *ly evident when %the kin]!g !-si^+ts in .ju/dgm[ent. On e da/#y )two ha[;^ rlots e$ach cla-$im to be mother+ - of th;e same baby_;/. #@=Solom$on's d/ ecision seems ut*t ;erly !.cruel he +s +ays that @ -the c%hild) should be cut in t_+w;;?:o so?*+ that each woman $/receives ha)lf. Solomon can now det?ermine ;who the re.@^al mo)ther is f`ro m#, her rea]ction she will not a+`llow her _ ch;,ild? t;]@o be harme*^@d. / Solomon:
 hands ,
t\[he ,*:child$ ^bac;%
%k to its true mo.ther amid cheers of )appr`=,o@.val. One o@f )) the mo(st ! important tasks handed/ down to `_Solom
`= on by his f_at@%,her David is @@building the / great Te%*mple+: .\to house the Ark of t] he* $Cove`nant. #It h/,as to be larger-; and[ more magnificent than ,all[?*^ $%othe`!r )_temples in the_. world, and Solomon now sets a
bo$ut f
(%u:*lfilling his father's wish. He places@ Jerob,oam in _char_+ ge of the Israelite workers as chie]
f over@=]s)!eer. Seven y*,(ears later, the= $work ]is comp;*leted. The ex#pensi`ve construc@@tion! materials have\ bee;#n _%#br#ought from far-off lands,.. and t-h-e+ peopl!e o  
f Israe_
%l have paid excee;d`=in:g(l[y $high taxes witho):# /ut compla@int in ;# orde; r to finance t he constr: u(ction w:`ork. T/#=[he Ark +of th-:`e Covena]#n
t can now#$= finally. be take! !n_` to the Temple in a tri=[ump?hant: pr]`o(cessi)*_on. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites%=`' most  s$acred po`sse](ssi)%on _-\no$w has a fixed home o/
_f %i.=)ts own. People s t/)ream\) -]to Jer ;)$!usalem from across the (.entir. e country to ce_lebrate th^ e gr*: !eat day. Abisha?g
], now marr$ie? d, come?,s? too and bri%ngs$* her[/- family. S -\olo]mon has de^
,,cide@ ,.d to mingle [=amon_:g the pe:*ople in ]/dis%;guise, and h\:@e (#and.] Abish
ag ar]\e overj oyed , =when t@hey ,accidentally 
m#eet  (again after^\( ))= so ma.\?ny ye?\a$/rs. ^@  Th\)e Temple makes Jerusalem and its king fam^=ous throughout the /wo@rld. Even $  -the dark-skinn*ed Qu.=$een of# Sheba sets off with a lar,- ge -#[reti$n#ue!% t_/o vis)%
i
_/t #=!the wis[e +[an
(d cultivate.[d Solomon and ad=/_mire his magnificent city. The adm/`ira;ti
on tu;_rn_s out $t/o be, mutu?a[l+!(#  *Sol+;om$*on,;, capt]\i/ +vated b(/y her be
auty, fa%% ll(s deeply in love with her. The two ].;)of them [\have a chil(#*d, Meneli!%?k\@_!, !]_$but one day th]e Queen-_: of She^b
^a de.] cides?) t;o leave. S;)$he does not want Menelik to; be deprived of(^ + the [/regal di?\[gn;ity  ?a\?-wa:.`iting hi:=m in ^his home cou;=ntry.( !S+`olom)on stays, be hind, with a hea\:vy% he art. The ki#ng has now ach)$%/ieve(%d everything he set h?;is  hear;:t on(, but w_
i+th*` the passing of the years)^ the(-= wise Solo+ ?mon gra(duall/[y becomes a mela,ncholy, sk( *ept::ical old man who regu
:l;$arly  !questions his very+; ex isten^_+ce. +.Mat-(`e] \r) ial/## #=things seem t,(o represent the o,nly reality /!,for him. ! He al- $)so refuses! to adopt any %_k.ind of@ steady policy, especially i^n religious mat#ters\. W.ith hi!#s fo=( reign wives+[
, Solomon .?/sacrifices to :forei*gn gods, and ^this inc-*_urs the wrath of ]th,)e pri=esthood. The loy
^a?!]l Je.^roboam appeals ^,to hi;.s %kin_g's consc;\i)ence$ $, but to [no av..ai; l. D!]uring ,_-o) ne of 
] Sol!omon's so`rties in di;^s,(guis)e a,mong[@ his+!# people,= a\/ simple farmer reminds him of the first of t.he Ten Commandments revealed by the /]Lord to( M (oses You\(- sh[(all hav_#e@ no other gods b,@efore me. At * another decis)i!=ve moment,  God Himself speaks to Solomon and #/anno**unces th!+;%e punishmen:.t for hi[)s si*-nfulness the king,;dom will col;%`?lapse after= Solomon's deat h. T. he king h^$as !:/grow$?n[.  ,%old and wear`=y. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, wh#/o are suffe\ring !from heav; y taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated )=his? long-standing `;\%companion Jeroboam, to whom`@] he entrusted =#^the administr-:a!* tion o$?%#f the no..,rthern)/ tri:bes, wi ;th murder-ous a\n ger ever since a prophet*+_ pre
di-;][cted,+ the div^ision of the kingdom t o *h]im
$%. T (he king no long@,er has^[ t-+he s(_trengt@h to change things -/- he just #leaves them /as # they )-are.[  The con$(sequ]ences of /[*this( become= $*clear shor\\tly aft@@er`%: hi$s  deat_#h. .:$*Sol\ om[^o?)n's son and +;suc/(@:c!#;essor @ Re#]hoboa[)(-m ;tr/ eats-@ the co!%untry's leaders with arr,[ogance, and provokes the
= divi`s!][io [n of the ki/ngdom into ) *tw/_o parts th(e only tribe still loyal to ,@`[him is that of Juda h, w@hile all the$  other^s un!ite under \J \eroboam. The prophecy has been[ f$^[ulfill e?^d. The
 *(kingdom that S =olomon received from his. father D/avi]
d, and invested wi-th such m,
ight and magnificenc
@e, is =now^ divided.

一、《所罗_.
门》是哪一年上映的？

《所罗_.
门》是罗杰·扬于1997年拍摄的一部经典剧情片。此片开创美国当代剧情片的先河，《所罗_.
门》上映时票房稳坐前三，创下当年纪录。当时Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox均为最佳主角，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox以精彩演技和突出形象，奠定在美国影坛地位。Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox饰演角色造型多年后仍为人所模仿。罗杰·扬之前曾被人怀疑其能力，而《所罗_.
门》却奠定罗杰·扬剧情片风格。《所罗_.
门》首映时曾获海外剧情片和媒体广泛称誉，被认为其优秀程度，是足以与同时期（指1997年代）美国（美国）优秀剧情片齐名。

二、被称为剧情片的开先河之作的《所罗_.
门》，是罗杰·扬最好的作品吗?

从罗杰·扬斩获剧情片最佳导演 我就觉得这部《所罗_.
门》是他最好的剧情片。虽然罗杰·扬后来还拍出来了评价特别好的剧情片，但是《所罗_.
门》是他剧情片的代表作品。

三、《所罗_.
门》为什么可以成为经典？

提起美国，人们就肯定会说出《所罗_.
门》的名字。这部由罗杰·扬导演，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox主演的《所罗_.
门》，在当时，真的是成为了一匹黑马，杀出了一条血路，创造了一个奇迹。为何会这么说，我想，就连罗杰·扬导演和Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox，都没想到这部剧情片会得到这样好的反响。罗杰·扬先生曾说过，这是一群失意的人凑到了一起创作出来的一部作品。因为在《所罗_.
门》开拍之前，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox已经有几年年无戏可拍，而Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox主演的剧情片，票房始终不理想，这样的几个人凑在了一起，也真是缘分！所以，正是这样的失意感和强烈的自尊心，他们在剧情片中投入的热情，是我们难以想象的，其实《所罗_.
门》中的人物心理历程和感人的剧情，何尝不是现实中他们的真实写照呢？所以，他们怀着一腔心有不甘的英雄气，用他们的实力和人情成就了这部经典剧情片，也成就了他们自己！

四、如何评价《所罗_.
门》?

《所罗_.
门》口碑非常好深受广大观众喜爱，《所罗_.
门》一经播放立刻引来无数人点赞，不仅Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox演的好而且该剧情片故事情节也非常紧凑，星空影院（msdts.com）观看起来特别流畅同时还能扣人心弦，虽然目前《所罗_.
门》收视率一般但是该片目前受欢迎程度已经名列前茅。该剧情片主演Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox，她在该剧情片中的演技可圈可点，受到Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox演的好而且该剧情片迷的认可。

五、《所罗_.
门》剧情片的主要内容

《所罗_.
门》是一部剧情片剧情片，由导演：罗杰·扬执导，主演：Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox

《所罗_.
门》David, ; now  an o^ld\* man, is )#s/,=-ti\=[ll- king of Isra_el. A# ]mong \/:his  s=
#ons, the ambitious Adonija\(h and t*^he% cle,ve$/r Solomon. The t^^,wo y[@o_;un$.=g men a@+re fierce rivals, sin$`_ce b]..oth /!are pros)(pective heir+%]s to the throne and only( @ one;:+ c an` be success%_:fu%!l. Dur =ing a /hu=nt??+`ing exp= #edition, (!Adonijah *c-=h`-allenges `#his younger br)(:other][ S.olomon to!` a cha
*$riot ra( ?ce[#. While Solomo/n, though ^brave, still re,ta #ins a modicum of?]$ c-auti!;on,] the dar__ed?.)evil \Adonij\=ah is !ea$ger to win at #=all costs -- and lose  s control o!?f his cha_\
riot. Solomon)) %?(takes t*-he serio)usl: y in* jured Adonija::h);/ ,`ba^.]ck to ?Jerusalem ^%. On t:=he way +.the #=re #-t/[hey meet the attra\\, ctive  Ab !.i!shag, wh!o% ; d(espite her ^ y!
outh is ve/+^rsed in t*))he/ use ,)_of hea ^ling herbs. She actual+ ly. s)#[uc?`ce*$eds in h! `elping t. [he prince.;+ Adon([.ijah fall:= s,./ in lo#ve with Abishag -- but B=
at,+hsheba ;*arrange:,#s )thin?gs so that+$, sh-::e ;[w+
orks fo!r David, h@=-oping tha?; *t he% !+r youth, h []er be]auty and her healing power?s will soot?)he; th\=`e old king-'s/  suf^f% ^erin[$ g. Seve[ral mem- `;bers of $;t@he i_!*nf +luential^$ priesth]
ood ?*!and also the r=\espected a*%rmy genera;
l Joab, w_[ho se-\r[*`v,ed David loyally .for many years,(
su /(p-[/*port Adoni;j-ah's [claim@; to t*@, he thro;(ne]--$:^ even though Da ;#vid h)a:s.- stil/@^l not made any deci@si(on_ with regard ((to a pot=[en+tial successo(@r..-. T_he battle-ex!]-perienced Jo]%ab .regards Solom=;+on as *^#^an indecis)]ive weakling, und=er $[ whose leadership] t\he kingdo_m would soon fall ap :,=art. Wh en the prophet#== Nath.(an fin[;ds out about Ad(+onij*ah'[,s conspiracy h!e $  ]informs B+!.athsheba and S?=olomo,n, who u#(rge David to tak`
:e immediat%e a,?ction. _/ _+And/ _)so\
 it come s to p] :ass that prepara-=tions to anoi`nt the f?_utu_=re king=! of +
\;I)^srael are made both at the Spri_+ng-; of Enro)[*gel@ /, where Adonijah=!-  and?( his me^;]n ar*e encamped, as well;`

a=_+s in Jerusalem,.` Th%e \=festiv[$e processi#_o
n for Adonij\ah has already b!,==een ,?assembled *and the peo,?
ple ent/:_i,ced ], \%with delicious delicacies to(_; c\* heer him on, ,when the n=*/\ews#] of #Solomon's c,oronation re
aches Enrogel. The people pr!omptl%)y a:cknowl;.edge the will of King David and s:tream off t.#+o Jerusalem in their hordes t$o gr@*ee$[, t S@(olomon
), their future ruler. A[.donijah rema.*%i,ns be]*#hind wit%[h ??a handful $ of loyal followe `?rs. He r][%ealizes`( that he has lost -- for t) ]he t)]*ime bein=g. Humbly h$%e plac+es his] life in his brot(]her's  han;[ds.
A=d+ o n. (ijah is forgi%, ve[@-@,n on on ?)e condition that he always r#emain@ $s loyal t(o his brother Solomon. T+=@+?he g;.reat King David is dead, *and his son ($Solom
on[ has suc(]^ceede+ d? /him as the rig*+=*%htful rule\r of Israel*^. Adonij`
ah @now h:as a request ! to make , of Bathsheba he wa# nts (t^/o marry Abish $ag. Sol@#omon @[he?[ars^ ]@about th/^is s:#]e;emin)@`gly innocen$-t wis h, a@_.nd rec,%o:`gnize--s it `^!as a renewed pl(*\oy on behalf of his brother to reclai/m the@_#@ throne -- Adoni.)jah'(*s mar/riag.,e=%[! _to th ^-e\% :$#.l/#ast woman to sha#[%re## King David's bed-+? wou
l=#/%d strengt^?hen his politi)@cal pos)ition @ con;sid *era+/bly.- ^Solomon knows
 t+$hat@/  he has to ac[t quic`kly]= an`@d dec+ isively [[[if h%)`e is to secure+ h ]i_^s ow$-@n po
%w)er@. He h?`=as his bro=ther A,?^donijah #and the */latt.=er*('.s c*losest a!ssociat].,e J,
)
o#ab .:executed. A?fter this ra^dica @@l decision, S]\olomon withdraws to p[rese_nt sacr!*ifices.. In a dream- . the Lord appears to him a $^=nd gra,`nts hi\/m the fulfi?llment of a
_ wish,: whatever it may ^\_ `be. Sol`
o--!;mon]# m_%erel)y @)#]a.sks for wis*dom --= in ;_?^order to become )*a good ] +r uler[, and ju
^)d\^#ge. Wa@@r with Egyp#$.t is l
_ooming. To arm his kingd@_[o m.^/ a)
^^gains\$t th/`e? territori*
#(al ambiti]ons of it=s powerful ne
` ighbors, So[lomon not only ( intr :)oduces  seve; ral ].+refor$ms [ -but  also deci.]des ;#t)o mar
)+=r:y the daughter of 
the ,@_p% #haraoh. The E;gyptian(( princes @?s does/ not remain( Solomon's on`!*l?-y wife, however :.as time goes by the^
$ king mar$^-ries( numer/o=:us% n$oble wome+n f,(r:om many diff;,er%?#en t co
?[u.];ntr`?ies[! f/`(o@ r pol^)itic^?al and econo.)mic re:asons. I,n this  way he preserves ^peace fo_r his people, %and creat$es g?:reat @ prosperity.
$ [_By all?owin%!g the wom\]en+#[ to con-tinue prac? tici*ng their domestic cu\stoms and religiou[][s /rituals in #
(-Jerusale +,m as well, he; comes/$  !into regula[[r conflict wit__h t[, he  p`;-r-_[`iesthood,_ who see *!the foreig@n religions as endan+:gering Israel's so)* ?le c;o.+$v% enant ;with the Lord. Th%)_e wisdo=^`m /^.g!ranted to \ Solomon by God\.) become 
s ful= *ly evident when %the kin]!g !-si^+ts in .ju/dgm[ent. On e da/#y )two ha[;^ rlots e$ach cla-$im to be mother+ - of th;e same baby_;/. #@=Solom$on's d/ ecision seems ut*t ;erly !.cruel he +s +ays that @ -the c%hild) should be cut in t_+w;;?:o so?*+ that each woman $/receives ha)lf. Solomon can now det?ermine ;who the re.@^al mo)ther is f`ro m#, her rea]ction she will not a+`llow her _ ch;,ild? t;]@o be harme*^@d. / Solomon:
 hands ,
t\[he ,*:child$ ^bac;%
%k to its true mo.ther amid cheers of )appr`=,o@.val. One o@f )) the mo(st ! important tasks handed/ down to `_Solom
`= on by his f_at@%,her David is @@building the / great Te%*mple+: .\to house the Ark of t] he* $Cove`nant. #It h/,as to be larger-; and[ more magnificent than ,all[?*^ $%othe`!r )_temples in the_. world, and Solomon now sets a
bo$ut f
(%u:*lfilling his father's wish. He places@ Jerob,oam in _char_+ ge of the Israelite workers as chie]
f over@=]s)!eer. Seven y*,(ears later, the= $work ]is comp;*leted. The ex#pensi`ve construc@@tion! materials have\ bee;#n _%#br#ought from far-off lands,.. and t-h-e+ peopl!e o  
f Israe_
%l have paid excee;d`=in:g(l[y $high taxes witho):# /ut compla@int in ;# orde; r to finance t he constr: u(ction w:`ork. T/#=[he Ark +of th-:`e Covena]#n
t can now#$= finally. be take! !n_` to the Temple in a tri=[ump?hant: pr]`o(cessi)*_on. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites%=`' most  s$acred po`sse](ssi)%on _-\no$w has a fixed home o/
_f %i.=)ts own. People s t/)ream\) -]to Jer ;)$!usalem from across the (.entir. e country to ce_lebrate th^ e gr*: !eat day. Abisha?g
], now marr$ie? d, come?,s? too and bri%ngs$* her[/- family. S -\olo]mon has de^
,,cide@ ,.d to mingle [=amon_:g the pe:*ople in ]/dis%;guise, and h\:@e (#and.] Abish
ag ar]\e overj oyed , =when t@hey ,accidentally 
m#eet  (again after^\( ))= so ma.\?ny ye?\a$/rs. ^@  Th\)e Temple makes Jerusalem and its king fam^=ous throughout the /wo@rld. Even $  -the dark-skinn*ed Qu.=$een of# Sheba sets off with a lar,- ge -#[reti$n#ue!% t_/o vis)%
i
_/t #=!the wis[e +[an
(d cultivate.[d Solomon and ad=/_mire his magnificent city. The adm/`ira;ti
on tu;_rn_s out $t/o be, mutu?a[l+!(#  *Sol+;om$*on,;, capt]\i/ +vated b(/y her be
auty, fa%% ll(s deeply in love with her. The two ].;)of them [\have a chil(#*d, Meneli!%?k\@_!, !]_$but one day th]e Queen-_: of She^b
^a de.] cides?) t;o leave. S;)$he does not want Menelik to; be deprived of(^ + the [/regal di?\[gn;ity  ?a\?-wa:.`iting hi:=m in ^his home cou;=ntry.( !S+`olom)on stays, be hind, with a hea\:vy% he art. The ki#ng has now ach)$%/ieve(%d everything he set h?;is  hear;:t on(, but w_
i+th*` the passing of the years)^ the(-= wise Solo+ ?mon gra(duall/[y becomes a mela,ncholy, sk( *ept::ical old man who regu
:l;$arly  !questions his very+; ex isten^_+ce. +.Mat-(`e] \r) ial/## #=things seem t,(o represent the o,nly reality /!,for him. ! He al- $)so refuses! to adopt any %_k.ind of@ steady policy, especially i^n religious mat#ters\. W.ith hi!#s fo=( reign wives+[
, Solomon .?/sacrifices to :forei*gn gods, and ^this inc-*_urs the wrath of ]th,)e pri=esthood. The loy
^a?!]l Je.^roboam appeals ^,to hi;.s %kin_g's consc;\i)ence$ $, but to [no av..ai; l. D!]uring ,_-o) ne of 
] Sol!omon's so`rties in di;^s,(guis)e a,mong[@ his+!# people,= a\/ simple farmer reminds him of the first of t.he Ten Commandments revealed by the /]Lord to( M (oses You\(- sh[(all hav_#e@ no other gods b,@efore me. At * another decis)i!=ve moment,  God Himself speaks to Solomon and #/anno**unces th!+;%e punishmen:.t for hi[)s si*-nfulness the king,;dom will col;%`?lapse after= Solomon's deat h. T. he king h^$as !:/grow$?n[.  ,%old and wear`=y. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, wh#/o are suffe\ring !from heav; y taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated )=his? long-standing `;\%companion Jeroboam, to whom`@] he entrusted =#^the administr-:a!* tion o$?%#f the no..,rthern)/ tri:bes, wi ;th murder-ous a\n ger ever since a prophet*+_ pre
di-;][cted,+ the div^ision of the kingdom t o *h]im
$%. T (he king no long@,er has^[ t-+he s(_trengt@h to change things -/- he just #leaves them /as # they )-are.[  The con$(sequ]ences of /[*this( become= $*clear shor\\tly aft@@er`%: hi$s  deat_#h. .:$*Sol\ om[^o?)n's son and +;suc/(@:c!#;essor @ Re#]hoboa[)(-m ;tr/ eats-@ the co!%untry's leaders with arr,[ogance, and provokes the
= divi`s!][io [n of the ki/ngdom into ) *tw/_o parts th(e only tribe still loyal to ,@`[him is that of Juda h, w@hile all the$  other^s un!ite under \J \eroboam. The prophecy has been[ f$^[ulfill e?^d. The
 *(kingdom that S =olomon received from his. father D/avi]
d, and invested wi-th such m,
ight and magnificenc
@e, is =now^ divided.