The Death of King Solomon

c. 930 BCE
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King Solomon's wives turned his heart from fully serving G-d in his old age, causing him to also practice idolatry. This cast a shadow over the future of his kingship. The Bible relates:

1 Kings 11: 11-13

Wherefore the L-RD said unto Solomon: 'Forasmuch as this was with you, and you did not keep My covenant and My statutes which I have commanded you, I will surely rend the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. But I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of your son. But I will not rend away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son; for the sake of David my servant, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.'

King Solomon died around 930 BCE

1 Kings 11:42-43

Thus, the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David.

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1 Kings 11:42-43

Thus, the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David.

מְלָכִים א' י"א:מ"ב-מ"ג

וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ מָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה: וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ עִם-אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּ֨קָּבֵ֔ר בְּעִ֖יר דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו.

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