(3) Joab, after murdering Amasa, pursues Sheba.

2 Samuel 20:4-14.

(4) Siege of Abel of Beth-maacah, Death of Sheba, and End of the Rebellion.

2 Samuel 20:15-22.

116. The Officers of State after the Restoration.

2 Samuel 20:23-26.

VI. The Closing Days of David's Life.

117. David's failing Health: Abishag the Shunammite. 1 Kings 1:1-4.

118. Solomon is made King "the second Time." (1) Adonijah attempts to seize the Kingdom. 1 Kings 1:5-10.

(2) Nathan and Bath-sheba's counter Coup d'état.

THE BEGINNING OF SOLOMON'S REIGN.

122. Solomon's Accession to the Throne.

I Kings 2:12.

123. Solomon's Removal of his Adversaries.

(1) Adonijah, asking Abishag to Wife, is put to Death.

1 Kings 2:13-25.

(2) Abiathar is degraded from the Priesthood.

1 Kings 2:26, 27.

(3) Joab's Flight and Death.

1 Kings 2:28-34.

I Ch. 29:23-25. 2 Ch. I:I.

128. God's Gift of Wisdom manifest by Solomon's Judgment on the Harlots.

1 Kings 3:16-28.

PART II.

SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY.

129. Preparations for the Building of the Temple. (1) The League with Hiram, King of Tyre.

1 Kings 5:1-12; 7:13, 14.

2 Chronicles 2:1, 3-16.

132. The Making of the Vessels, etc., pertaining to the Temple.

(1) Removal of the Tabernacle and its Contents from Zion to the Temple.

(2) The Subjugation of Hamath.

2 Chronicles 8:

:3.

(3) The Removal of Pharaoh's Daughter to her own House. I Kings 9:24a.

(4) The Building of Millo: the Affair with Jeroboam.

I Kings 9:246. (5) The Levy of forced Labor.

2 Chronicles 8:11.

1 Kings 11:27b, 28, 27a, 29–40.

SOLOMON'S FALL AND END.

136. The strange Wives turn away Solomon's Heart.