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36 I'll leave one tribe to his son, to maintain a witness to my servant David in Jerusalem, the city I chose as a memorial to my Name.
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I will give one tribe to his son so that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put my Name.
37 "But I have taken you in hand. Rule to your heart's content! You are to be the king of Israel.
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However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.
38 If you listen to what I tell you and live the way I show you and do what pleases me, following directions and obeying orders as my servant David did, I'll stick with you no matter what. I'll build you a kingdom as solid as the one I built for David. Israel will be yours!
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If you do whatever I command you and walk in obedience to me and do what is right in my eyes by obeying my decrees and commands, as David my servant did, I will be with you. I will build you a dynasty as enduring as the one I built for David and will give Israel to you.
39 I am bringing pain and trouble on David's descendants, but the trials won't last forever."
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I will humble David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.’ ”
40 Solomon ordered the assassination of Jeroboam, but he got away to Egypt and found asylum there with King Shishak. He remained in exile there until Solomon died.
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Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.
41 The rest of Solomon's life and rule, his work and his wisdom, you can read for yourself in The Chronicles of Solomon.
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As for the other events of Solomon’s reign—all he did and the wisdom he displayed—are they not written in the book of the annals of Solomon?
42 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
43 He died and was buried in the City of David his father. His son Rehoboam was the next king.
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Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
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