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WISE KING SOLOMON;King David was a great man of God. During his rule,Israel had grown ten times larger than King Sauls kingdom. But now he could not rule any longer.David was old.And tired! And sick!His life on earth was nearing its end. ;One of Davids many sons, Adonijah, told the people of Israel he would now be king. Although his name means My Lord is God,Adonijah was not a good man. He tried to steal the throne, knowing David was too weak to resist him. But God had other plans! ;Davids wife Bathsheba knew her son Solomon should be king. She told David about Adonijahs plans. Sick as he was, David gathered his leaders together and publicly made Solomon king of Israel. ;;Before David died, he;One night, Solomon had a dream. In his dream, God appeared to him and said, Ask! What shall I give you? What would you have;Solomon asked for wisdom to be a good king. The young kings request pleased God. Solomon got;It did not take long for people to discover Solomons wisdom. One day, two mothers came before him, with one baby. This womans son died in the night, and she switched her dead baby for my live one, one lady said. No! But the living one is MY son, and the dead one is your son,the other lady said.How could the king tell which was the true mother? ;Then the king said, Bring me a sword. So they brought a sword before the king. What do you think the king was planning to do with a sword? ;And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other. Then the mother of the living baby said, O my lord, give her the living child and by no means kill him.But the other said, Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him. So the king said,Give the first woman the living child. She is the mother. And all Israel heard of the judgment, and they greatly respected the king. They saw that the wisdom of God was in him. ;The people of Israel had no temple in which to worship God. When David planned to build one, God had s