所罗.)门

《所罗.)门》讲述的是什么故事？

《所罗.)门》David, n ow an old *$man, is^)! still king o%=?f Israel$. Amo]%ng his@ sons, the ambi_tious Adonijah a nd !
t!
.[he clev@er Solomon. ;^\Th/`e t$@(w$o youn(g men a_re fierce rivals, since both are pro.$s=p.)ective heir+s to the throne an d only #o
:ne  c_@an_@+* be)`. successful. D?uri= ng a hun$@)ting exp\*ed_*it[\ion,^ Ad,onijah challenges his younger( brother So,;lomon to a ch\a/riot race. While Sol,,om?^*on, ]^] though brave, still retains * a m$=+odicum of caut+ ion, the@$?$( daredevil Adonijah i$) ?s eager to wi^=n at %all costs -- and lose+[s control o@ f his chariot. Solomon takes [.[t`[@_he seriou. sly injured Adonijah- back !\.to Jerusa**lem . On#. the way the_:re__\ they` meet the attr!
active,* Ab*;ishag, w/$h,, o de spite ^):her youth is ver*sed \_*^in.) the use of  !;+heal,i
-(.ng herbs. (]She ac;_tually, su/cceed( [,s i]+*n h;:elping the prince. Adonijah ;\ `falls *%in love w.*ith Abishag -- but) Bathsheba arran

-ges thi -n(gs so that she ?*wor$$k*s =%@for David, hoping that her youth, ^her beauty  an`d her healing powers#+` will soot*.h,\,)\e . t he old king'?s suf `fering. Sev$=eral members of the influential prie=`.+sthood; a(nd also th_[e resp%$ected army genera\\l Joa,.\b, w_ho se\r\/#v/ed David loya]lly  f`%or many ye -ars, su @pport+*-) Adonijah's claim; to the throne-- even th[)?oug;(h \*D,=avid has still not made any d:ecision with reg`#ard to a* ) potential successo  r. The battle-exp] #erienced Joab regards Solomon as an ind[(e#%cisive weakling, u/nde,]r +whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall ,!#\apart. Wh,@#en t#
^[he p?r[% [op:
h]et Nathan finds out abo*ut Adonijah's c $*!onspiracy h%e\\ informs Bath.`,_sheba and: Solomon@,, who urg;=e+! D /avid to take immediate a+$ction.^# A(nd so :it#@
comes to/@ -$pas-\$s _that [pr`+eparations to anoint the -__future king of Israel are !%made bo :th at the (`#Sp$ring of Enrogel?, whe`r_!e Adonijah and his me; ^/[n^ :=$are e\ncamped,% as we)/ll. * a -s in Jerusal%`-em. \\*The festiv[`%e pro /(_cession $for Adon:ija@:[h has al:_ready bee^ n ass/embled and the.! people enti* ced wi`#th deliciou.*s$ del:
ic
)ac?i_-es to ch?];eer him on, whe)%!!n [*;th!*@e news of Solomon's #coron:%][,ati)on reaches Enrogel. T[!_he people pr\#/ompt ly acknowled[ge t(he wil;$l =@, of King David and%; stream(*- off to Jerusale^ m in th;/eir hordes to g*reet Solomon_%], :- the,_?ir fu$tu
?re @rul ],er. Adonija(!h_` r)emains behind with a h.andful of loyal foll#`owers. He% rea
%lizes /\=*,that he ha*`s` lost -- fo(r== t)[he]\ time be_ing.? Humbly he places hi*s life /`i/n his br: ot._`her's.(\) hands. Adonija@h is forgi/$ven /;o(!%@:n one c\(ondit ion ;that he a! ,lwa%+=ys remain,s loyal to h(\+is [_brother Solomon. /(The - great Kin?#=g Davi]d is dead, and h%,is ! $son., Solomon has succeeded him as th_e rightful ruler of`` Israel. Ad,onijah @_ now has a re (quest to(- make
 ,of B@$a_ thsh(
eba he wa,!nts (to marry Abis;-:hag. Solomon h--ears a bout t)`his seemi+@ngly in)/#no@#cent w ish, an. (d recognizes it as a`]\ r!`*ene/we(d ploy o-$n behalf of?# his brother t\\*o reclaim the[@ thr+`on`;(e -- Adonijah+\'s marriage to =t:#he las?)t woman to sh_+^a,%re Kin#*g David's bed would-  strength-+en his polit\,ical posit`#ion considera bly. Solom/on knows that he h;=\as to  ];[act quickly and`- decisive@ly if (/h;`e is to sec!ure his own pow=`%er.: He has!_ his[[ `bro@%ther Adonijah an*[d th)e latter's clo_se,st associate Joab executed. Afte`*(r this ,(radical+ decision, S$olo_- ^mon withdraws to present sacr i))fices. In ( a^_ dr.eam the L_\ %-or^d appears t[!^o *him and !!g_\rants him t[[@he fulfillme \nt[_: of a -`)`wish, whatever it m]%ay be., Solomon merely asks .for wi!( sd)#om -- in order[: to b
@#*e come a good ruler $and judge,/. War with Egyp t is looming. T]o arm\ his kingdo_),-m against the #:+territo]:rial) ^/ ambitions of$
\; its po )we)_rful neig h[bo ) rs, Solo)mo:n 
`not only introd u%.ces sever %]al reform;/!
s* but also de_c(.i
des to marry the daug* hter of$: the[@ pharaoh. ;]/,+The E.gyptia_$n p:=rincess doe(s not re\m]`ain So:lo(#mon's only wife, ho.wever ]^as time g/ ^o==es :^-by the king marries
] n*
umerous noble w
,omen from man y di^!ffer e
]nt *(countries):(* + [f%\or%[% politic%#al and e^?c,/onomic $reasons. In thi
s wa:y he preserve;+ s peace= for #-/his /people,:,@_ and *c. reates great p*=@r?
(os\\per*`ity. By allo,/wi[[ng] ^ th(e /$^

women to continue practicing th eir do`mestic customs) and religi*,ous rit
uals i n ?Jerusa_\)lem
[ as ;$*w+@ell, he comes ?:\into regular conflict w:ith  the p+!]riesthood, .!who see-![ th!$e f+?or @ e_ign reli$)gions as endangering \ /\Israel's sole c *oven)an*;t /with. the Lord. The wis,do-$m g )ranted to Solomon by^ God becomes fully/ evident when?! th %;e king sits;%$` in jud_gment. One day ; \two h+arlo
)]@ts each !c-*laim to be_= mother of t he sa,-me baby(#@.@/;? Sol*+omon's deci];!s-ion seems utte=%,rly cruel he ,says that t: he *child sh+(ould !be cut in two so $ /tha
..t e($%ac?;h%- woma *)n receive_s half.
. Solomon @can now de\$t!#ermi.ne#_)[ ,#
who  t#,?he  real mother ],is from %:he?!r reaction s@](he wi$\!ll not allow^ her child to`!% $
`be harmed. Solomon ha+nds the ch^ild back .%t=o its ;?true-: moth_*er am?*id ch_?eers of approva$
l. One[/ of the mos]\t
* imp;ortant =tasks hande\d [[do*,w*=n to ?Sol/omo`n; by his father== Davi,d is buil .ding the g.re.at( T!(emple to hou /,se.@% the Ark o
/f the%; `.C/= (o@
#ven,ant. It ha;s to ,be larg]\
er and!; more m.$agnificent t^[han all other t@.em

*p)/les in* ? the wor`ld, and Sol%=-*om;o;`#n now sets ! about fulfi=[llin\!]g !+h_is fa%ther's wish. -% He plac_!es Jer? obo \am in charg e . ,+of $the ;+Israelit\e workers ]/(as chief ov.]er@$s@,:=ee+ r.$% % Seven,= y?]ea ? ^rs later, the work is compl]eted. The*)^ expensive*
.constru;
c#!-tion ma?
]teri,?als have been
 brought fro:m far-off\=. lands, and the people of Israel have p]_)_aid$!; exceedingly h(igh t.]+axes w^; ith *)out co _m\`-=plai/nt i\n order+* to financ
e] the # c_ on%?%s#tru)ction work,. The Ark=#\ of the Co!venant /;.can now finally be take@n to the Temple in a triumphant proces
sion./ After *`s=*o (* man$y= year)_s of $w%andering, the Israe/[$lites' most sa];cred possession no.w ha_(s -)]$a f!=ixed h#)=o me)% [ of it$\ s own. Pe#\ople str *`eam to Jer?usa
;l#?em from across the entire coun[try t]o ce!#lebrate_ t/*h,.e great d
%ay. ?@=Abisha#+g,=: now married, comes =@too a)/nd brin`gs h^,er fa*?m#`_!ily. Solomo(:n h `as[) dec*(i,(ded to mingle am$on =^g the peo;(ple in disgu;)[i]
se%%, and he and Abishag a\=-re?  o*
\verjoyed ^(
wh
(en`] ;they acciden*_tal-ly%+_ me?\et -#again a!:fter so many years. Th [e T%-emple ma+!kes Jerus]$%al(.?em = ,an##d i (ts king famo@(us thro u#ghout t@he world=+. Even  `;t+he dark-skinned Queen*! of S@heba se$-ts off w, ith a lar?:;ge, re;/t+-inue _
/t_ o \\visit t]?he_.$ w+ise an,^`d ][cultivated Sol(om-on a_ /nd admire hi .s magnificent city. The admiration t+
,u:rns out to be!= m(]utual Solom(@on, ca#ptivated(=[ by her ;+be#auty, f((all`.s \ de _:eply i

n love with her. The_ tw*o ,of t@%@hem ]!have a ,:child,[ M

enelik^., but [(?( one day the Queen of Sheb,)a deci des!! # ]to le@#ave;$.. She does (not w: .ant Menelik ^-t
!o # ]$be dep,]r*$ived of the !@regal); dignity awa_.i ting hi!m i;n ` h is home cou;,-ntry. Solomon _^+stays behind, wit
h a /heavy heart. The king ha;[?)/s n/_.ow\= achiev=ed ever#yt@#;hi@$ng he se?t his heart on, but wi: th the pass(!ing of the years % +@]the wise Solom
o)n  )_gradually bec-o
mes a mel.anchol#/y, skeptical o;[ld man who re@gularly qu
es$#_*tions his very existen_c^_e. Mater*ial [ thi@ngs see ?,m, to repr;esen:@,(t t/;he -only ;; r^#eality$- for him=. !He al^$+!so refuses t%$.o adopt any ki)nd o^f #]steady policy, especially i:n religious matters. Wit h h\\is fo/rei` :gn ;?wiv_es+]* , Solom^#o.$n [#sac$%rifices to foreign -gods\^, and this_ incur]s] the wrath o,^f th e?;= pr, _iesthood._ The lo;yal\@,( Jeroboam a$ppeals to his king's conscience, but to no ava=!il. D[:uring one,? of Solomon's sorties in di+._ sguise among hi+s people, a ;simpl!_e farm!er* r eminds hi^*=_/m of [the firs^t of the \ Ten Co[mma#/ndm.ents =?r-eve/?aled by the*? (Lord ._to Mos-(e=:]s You sha*^ll have no];! other gods before me. At anothe# ?r-! dec;?_isive mom;ent,) G %od((. Hims +elf sp.+e\,aks+$ to Solomo]n^ and announces the punishment ] for his sinf
ulness?
* th ;e `( king@^:d!?@om w_:ill coll;]@apse] after S^olomon+'s -death!!. The king h?/as grown ol@d /#and weary. He). ha([_s^` lost touch with the_\= ?#(\:peo`:p-l._ e of Israel, who are,^ (\s`:u/_=ffering*; from heavy taxat`. :io/( n a \nd forced;; labor. Solom;`o.n] ;.@has treated his lon=\g^-standin+@/? g)? compa,nion Je* roboam, to w$ho!*m he entruste-+d%* the a#dm)i nistr[[ation of the northern tribes, with m:urd+erous an-ger e+%ver# since a prophet predi ct^ed the div(?]:ision of] `:the kingd?[(-o %m t#- =o him. The king no longe_)r has )the
?% stre@+ ngth to change thi`[#ngs -- he just leaves them as they are. The . *c_onsequenc(\es$ of !th\/is become?! ^
clear shortly after h@)is;: death. So*@lomon'%s son and[ successo*r Rehoboa))m%  ]treats the country's )`leaders wi*[`th arr;+o$?gance, a+;.nd prov-*okes \`$the +^divis.!$ion of the k
]i_(%ngdom ?(into two p ?a+/%rts the only t,ribe stil-$l loyal to# him is that o?/.f/+ Judah,
 while al#l the others* unite u+nder Jeroboam. The pro phecy has been fulfill``_)ed. The ki#*\ngdom tha% t So#lomon rec /eived fr\,om his fa th: er David, and inv]est ed , w^(ith su@ ch might =and m,@ agnificence,^ is n ?ow divi=:/de#d.

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（www.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, n ow an old *$man, is^)! still king o%=?f Israel$. Amo]%ng his@ sons, the ambi_tious Adonijah a nd !
t!
.[he clev@er Solomon. ;^\Th/`e t$@(w$o youn(g men a_re fierce rivals, since both are pro.$s=p.)ective heir+s to the throne an d only #o
:ne  c_@an_@+* be)`. successful. D?uri= ng a hun$@)ting exp\*ed_*it[\ion,^ Ad,onijah challenges his younger( brother So,;lomon to a ch\a/riot race. While Sol,,om?^*on, ]^] though brave, still retains * a m$=+odicum of caut+ ion, the@$?$( daredevil Adonijah i$) ?s eager to wi^=n at %all costs -- and lose+[s control o@ f his chariot. Solomon takes [.[t`[@_he seriou. sly injured Adonijah- back !\.to Jerusa**lem . On#. the way the_:re__\ they` meet the attr!
active,* Ab*;ishag, w/$h,, o de spite ^):her youth is ver*sed \_*^in.) the use of  !;+heal,i
-(.ng herbs. (]She ac;_tually, su/cceed( [,s i]+*n h;:elping the prince. Adonijah ;\ `falls *%in love w.*ith Abishag -- but) Bathsheba arran

-ges thi -n(gs so that she ?*wor$$k*s =%@for David, hoping that her youth, ^her beauty  an`d her healing powers#+` will soot*.h,\,)\e . t he old king'?s suf `fering. Sev$=eral members of the influential prie=`.+sthood; a(nd also th_[e resp%$ected army genera\\l Joa,.\b, w_ho se\r\/#v/ed David loya]lly  f`%or many ye -ars, su @pport+*-) Adonijah's claim; to the throne-- even th[)?oug;(h \*D,=avid has still not made any d:ecision with reg`#ard to a* ) potential successo  r. The battle-exp] #erienced Joab regards Solomon as an ind[(e#%cisive weakling, u/nde,]r +whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall ,!#\apart. Wh,@#en t#
^[he p?r[% [op:
h]et Nathan finds out abo*ut Adonijah's c $*!onspiracy h%e\\ informs Bath.`,_sheba and: Solomon@,, who urg;=e+! D /avid to take immediate a+$ction.^# A(nd so :it#@
comes to/@ -$pas-\$s _that [pr`+eparations to anoint the -__future king of Israel are !%made bo :th at the (`#Sp$ring of Enrogel?, whe`r_!e Adonijah and his me; ^/[n^ :=$are e\ncamped,% as we)/ll. * a -s in Jerusal%`-em. \\*The festiv[`%e pro /(_cession $for Adon:ija@:[h has al:_ready bee^ n ass/embled and the.! people enti* ced wi`#th deliciou.*s$ del:
ic
)ac?i_-es to ch?];eer him on, whe)%!!n [*;th!*@e news of Solomon's #coron:%][,ati)on reaches Enrogel. T[!_he people pr\#/ompt ly acknowled[ge t(he wil;$l =@, of King David and%; stream(*- off to Jerusale^ m in th;/eir hordes to g*reet Solomon_%], :- the,_?ir fu$tu
?re @rul ],er. Adonija(!h_` r)emains behind with a h.andful of loyal foll#`owers. He% rea
%lizes /\=*,that he ha*`s` lost -- fo(r== t)[he]\ time be_ing.? Humbly he places hi*s life /`i/n his br: ot._`her's.(\) hands. Adonija@h is forgi/$ven /;o(!%@:n one c\(ondit ion ;that he a! ,lwa%+=ys remain,s loyal to h(\+is [_brother Solomon. /(The - great Kin?#=g Davi]d is dead, and h%,is ! $son., Solomon has succeeded him as th_e rightful ruler of`` Israel. Ad,onijah @_ now has a re (quest to(- make
 ,of B@$a_ thsh(
eba he wa,!nts (to marry Abis;-:hag. Solomon h--ears a bout t)`his seemi+@ngly in)/#no@#cent w ish, an. (d recognizes it as a`]\ r!`*ene/we(d ploy o-$n behalf of?# his brother t\\*o reclaim the[@ thr+`on`;(e -- Adonijah+\'s marriage to =t:#he las?)t woman to sh_+^a,%re Kin#*g David's bed would-  strength-+en his polit\,ical posit`#ion considera bly. Solom/on knows that he h;=\as to  ];[act quickly and`- decisive@ly if (/h;`e is to sec!ure his own pow=`%er.: He has!_ his[[ `bro@%ther Adonijah an*[d th)e latter's clo_se,st associate Joab executed. Afte`*(r this ,(radical+ decision, S$olo_- ^mon withdraws to present sacr i))fices. In ( a^_ dr.eam the L_\ %-or^d appears t[!^o *him and !!g_\rants him t[[@he fulfillme \nt[_: of a -`)`wish, whatever it m]%ay be., Solomon merely asks .for wi!( sd)#om -- in order[: to b
@#*e come a good ruler $and judge,/. War with Egyp t is looming. T]o arm\ his kingdo_),-m against the #:+territo]:rial) ^/ ambitions of$
\; its po )we)_rful neig h[bo ) rs, Solo)mo:n 
`not only introd u%.ces sever %]al reform;/!
s* but also de_c(.i
des to marry the daug* hter of$: the[@ pharaoh. ;]/,+The E.gyptia_$n p:=rincess doe(s not re\m]`ain So:lo(#mon's only wife, ho.wever ]^as time g/ ^o==es :^-by the king marries
] n*
umerous noble w
,omen from man y di^!ffer e
]nt *(countries):(* + [f%\or%[% politic%#al and e^?c,/onomic $reasons. In thi
s wa:y he preserve;+ s peace= for #-/his /people,:,@_ and *c. reates great p*=@r?
(os\\per*`ity. By allo,/wi[[ng] ^ th(e /$^

women to continue practicing th eir do`mestic customs) and religi*,ous rit
uals i n ?Jerusa_\)lem
[ as ;$*w+@ell, he comes ?:\into regular conflict w:ith  the p+!]riesthood, .!who see-![ th!$e f+?or @ e_ign reli$)gions as endangering \ /\Israel's sole c *oven)an*;t /with. the Lord. The wis,do-$m g )ranted to Solomon by^ God becomes fully/ evident when?! th %;e king sits;%$` in jud_gment. One day ; \two h+arlo
)]@ts each !c-*laim to be_= mother of t he sa,-me baby(#@.@/;? Sol*+omon's deci];!s-ion seems utte=%,rly cruel he ,says that t: he *child sh+(ould !be cut in two so $ /tha
..t e($%ac?;h%- woma *)n receive_s half.
. Solomon @can now de\$t!#ermi.ne#_)[ ,#
who  t#,?he  real mother ],is from %:he?!r reaction s@](he wi$\!ll not allow^ her child to`!% $
`be harmed. Solomon ha+nds the ch^ild back .%t=o its ;?true-: moth_*er am?*id ch_?eers of approva$
l. One[/ of the mos]\t
* imp;ortant =tasks hande\d [[do*,w*=n to ?Sol/omo`n; by his father== Davi,d is buil .ding the g.re.at( T!(emple to hou /,se.@% the Ark o
/f the%; `.C/= (o@
#ven,ant. It ha;s to ,be larg]\
er and!; more m.$agnificent t^[han all other t@.em

*p)/les in* ? the wor`ld, and Sol%=-*om;o;`#n now sets ! about fulfi=[llin\!]g !+h_is fa%ther's wish. -% He plac_!es Jer? obo \am in charg e . ,+of $the ;+Israelit\e workers ]/(as chief ov.]er@$s@,:=ee+ r.$% % Seven,= y?]ea ? ^rs later, the work is compl]eted. The*)^ expensive*
.constru;
c#!-tion ma?
]teri,?als have been
 brought fro:m far-off\=. lands, and the people of Israel have p]_)_aid$!; exceedingly h(igh t.]+axes w^; ith *)out co _m\`-=plai/nt i\n order+* to financ
e] the # c_ on%?%s#tru)ction work,. The Ark=#\ of the Co!venant /;.can now finally be take@n to the Temple in a triumphant proces
sion./ After *`s=*o (* man$y= year)_s of $w%andering, the Israe/[$lites' most sa];cred possession no.w ha_(s -)]$a f!=ixed h#)=o me)% [ of it$\ s own. Pe#\ople str *`eam to Jer?usa
;l#?em from across the entire coun[try t]o ce!#lebrate_ t/*h,.e great d
%ay. ?@=Abisha#+g,=: now married, comes =@too a)/nd brin`gs h^,er fa*?m#`_!ily. Solomo(:n h `as[) dec*(i,(ded to mingle am$on =^g the peo;(ple in disgu;)[i]
se%%, and he and Abishag a\=-re?  o*
\verjoyed ^(
wh
(en`] ;they acciden*_tal-ly%+_ me?\et -#again a!:fter so many years. Th [e T%-emple ma+!kes Jerus]$%al(.?em = ,an##d i (ts king famo@(us thro u#ghout t@he world=+. Even  `;t+he dark-skinned Queen*! of S@heba se$-ts off w, ith a lar?:;ge, re;/t+-inue _
/t_ o \\visit t]?he_.$ w+ise an,^`d ][cultivated Sol(om-on a_ /nd admire hi .s magnificent city. The admiration t+
,u:rns out to be!= m(]utual Solom(@on, ca#ptivated(=[ by her ;+be#auty, f((all`.s \ de _:eply i

n love with her. The_ tw*o ,of t@%@hem ]!have a ,:child,[ M

enelik^., but [(?( one day the Queen of Sheb,)a deci des!! # ]to le@#ave;$.. She does (not w: .ant Menelik ^-t
!o # ]$be dep,]r*$ived of the !@regal); dignity awa_.i ting hi!m i;n ` h is home cou;,-ntry. Solomon _^+stays behind, wit
h a /heavy heart. The king ha;[?)/s n/_.ow\= achiev=ed ever#yt@#;hi@$ng he se?t his heart on, but wi: th the pass(!ing of the years % +@]the wise Solom
o)n  )_gradually bec-o
mes a mel.anchol#/y, skeptical o;[ld man who re@gularly qu
es$#_*tions his very existen_c^_e. Mater*ial [ thi@ngs see ?,m, to repr;esen:@,(t t/;he -only ;; r^#eality$- for him=. !He al^$+!so refuses t%$.o adopt any ki)nd o^f #]steady policy, especially i:n religious matters. Wit h h\\is fo/rei` :gn ;?wiv_es+]* , Solom^#o.$n [#sac$%rifices to foreign -gods\^, and this_ incur]s] the wrath o,^f th e?;= pr, _iesthood._ The lo;yal\@,( Jeroboam a$ppeals to his king's conscience, but to no ava=!il. D[:uring one,? of Solomon's sorties in di+._ sguise among hi+s people, a ;simpl!_e farm!er* r eminds hi^*=_/m of [the firs^t of the \ Ten Co[mma#/ndm.ents =?r-eve/?aled by the*? (Lord ._to Mos-(e=:]s You sha*^ll have no];! other gods before me. At anothe# ?r-! dec;?_isive mom;ent,) G %od((. Hims +elf sp.+e\,aks+$ to Solomo]n^ and announces the punishment ] for his sinf
ulness?
* th ;e `( king@^:d!?@om w_:ill coll;]@apse] after S^olomon+'s -death!!. The king h?/as grown ol@d /#and weary. He). ha([_s^` lost touch with the_\= ?#(\:peo`:p-l._ e of Israel, who are,^ (\s`:u/_=ffering*; from heavy taxat`. :io/( n a \nd forced;; labor. Solom;`o.n] ;.@has treated his lon=\g^-standin+@/? g)? compa,nion Je* roboam, to w$ho!*m he entruste-+d%* the a#dm)i nistr[[ation of the northern tribes, with m:urd+erous an-ger e+%ver# since a prophet predi ct^ed the div(?]:ision of] `:the kingd?[(-o %m t#- =o him. The king no longe_)r has )the
?% stre@+ ngth to change thi`[#ngs -- he just leaves them as they are. The . *c_onsequenc(\es$ of !th\/is become?! ^
clear shortly after h@)is;: death. So*@lomon'%s son and[ successo*r Rehoboa))m%  ]treats the country's )`leaders wi*[`th arr;+o$?gance, a+;.nd prov-*okes \`$the +^divis.!$ion of the k
]i_(%ngdom ?(into two p ?a+/%rts the only t,ribe stil-$l loyal to# him is that o?/.f/+ Judah,
 while al#l the others* unite u+nder Jeroboam. The pro phecy has been fulfill``_)ed. The ki#*\ngdom tha% t So#lomon rec /eived fr\,om his fa th: er David, and inv]est ed , w^(ith su@ ch might =and m,@ agnificence,^ is n ?ow divi=:/de#d.