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old age. And he takes his son in his place. Then the camp is divided, and they attach themselves to Sheba. And David sends Amasa to make war on him; but Joab kills Amasa by treachery, and besieges the city to which Sheba had fled. And those in the 56.348 city, on the advice of a woman, cutting off the head of Sheba, threw it from the wall to Joab, and thus they were delivered from the war. A famine seizes the land; and the solution to the famine was for some of Saul’s family to be given over to the Gibeonites. And David spares Mephibosheth, because of the oath to Jonathan. And he gives over the sons and descendants of Saul, and buries Saul and Jonathan in the tomb of Kish. Here wars occur. And they prevent David from going out, lest he be endangered. Then he says the seventeenth psalm. He recounts the noble deeds and feats of valor of David’s chiefs. Joab is ordered to number the people, and he numbers them; and Israel was nine hundred thousand, and Judah four hundred thousand, all warriors. Then Gad the prophet comes, giving him a choice of three punishments, whichever he wished to undergo: either three years of famine, or three days of fleeing from pursuing enemies, or three days of plague. And he chose the three days of plague, and seventy thousand died from morning until noon. Then David says: Behold, I have sinned, and I the shepherd have done wickedly, but these the flock, what have they done? Let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house. The punishment ceased. And David is commanded to sacrifice [or: to set up] an altar on the threshing floor of Ornan, and to sacrifice; and he did so. Adonijah son of David feasts those with Joab and Abiathar, as one about to be king. Bathsheba enters, according to the counsel of Nathan the prophet, and reports to David; and while she was speaking, Nathan also entered, having arranged for Solomon to become king. They went out, having set Solomon upon the royal mule. Then Nathan the prophet and Zadok the priest went to Gihon, and they anointed him and said: Long live the king. Jonathan the son came and announced these things to Adonijah as he was feasting. And the others fled, but Adonijah took refuge at the altar, fearing Solomon. Then he brings him out from there, and he came and did obeisance to the king. As David was about to die, he exhorted Solomon to keep the law of God; for thus he would obtain the promises that had been promised to him. And he gives orders concerning Joab and Shimei, that they should be punished, and concerning the sons of Barzillai, that they should receive honor, 56.349 and enjoy the royal table. And he dies, having reigned forty years. 3 Kings. Solomon kills Adonijah, because he asked for Abishag, and he expelled Abiathar from the priesthood. And the threat against Eli was fulfilled; for from him he traced his lineage. And he also killed Joab; and he appointed Zadok the priest as priest in place of Abiathar. And Solomon gives a command to Shimei, that he should remain in the city always; but if he ever went out, he would not do this unpunished, but would suffer the penalty of death. Slaves were lost to him; but he, forgetting the command, went out to seek them, and Solomon, having learned of it, killed him. A narrative concerning the wisdom of Solomon, concerning the peace in his time, concerning the luxury of his table, and concerning chariots, concerning horses, concerning all his wealth. Solomon asks for wisdom from God. Then he judges between the women who came to him concerning the child. Again an account of the wisdom of Solomon, of the luxury of his table, and who performed this service for him. He sends to Hiram the king of Tyre, asking for woodcutters for hire; which he indeed provided. Here is included the number of the workers, and the quantity of the material prepared for the temple. Then the building of the temple. Solomon prays in the temple, and sacrifices, and dedicates the house. God promises good things to him, if he keeps his commandments, and threatens the opposite, if he transgresses. And there was

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γῆρας. Καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντ' αὐτοῦ. Τότε σχίζεται τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ προστίθενται τῷ Σαβεέ. Καὶ ἐκπέμπει ∆αυῒδ τὸν Ἀμεσσᾶ πολεμῆσαι αὐτῷ· ὁ δὲ Ἰωὰβ ἀναιρεῖ μὲν τὸν Ἀμεσσᾶ δόλῳ, πολιορκεῖ δὲ τὴν πόλιν εἰς ἣν κατέφυγεν ὁ Σαβεέ. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ 56.348 πόλει, γυναικὸς συμβουλευσάσης, ἀποτεμόντες τοῦ Σαβεὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν, ἔῤῥιψαν ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους τῷ Ἰωὰβ, καὶ οὕτως ἀπηλλάγησαν τοῦ πολέμου. Λιμὸς καταλαμβάνει τὴν γῆν· λύσις δὲ ἦν τοῦ λιμοῦ τὸ τινὰς τῶν τοῦ Σαοὺλ ἐκδοθῆναι τοῖς Γαβαωνίταις. Καὶ τὸν Μεμφιβαὰλ περιποιεῖται ὁ ∆αυῒδ, διὰ τοῦ ὅρκου τοῦ πρὸς Ἰωνάθαν. Ἐκδίδωσι δὲ τοὺς τοῦ Σαοὺλ υἱοὺς καὶ ἐκγόνους, καὶ θάπτει τὸν Σαοὺλ καὶ τὸν Ἰωνάθαν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Κείς. Γίνονται ἐνταῦθα πόλεμοι. Καὶ κωλύουσι τὸν ∆αυῒδ ἐξελθεῖν, μήποτε κινδυνεύσῃ. Τότε λέγει τὸν ἑπτακαιδέκατον ψαλμόν. Καταλέγει τὰς ἀριστείας καὶ τὰ ἀνδραγαθήματα τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ ∆αυΐδ. Κελεύεται Ἰωὰβ ἀριθμῆσαι τὸν λαὸν, καὶ ἀριθμεῖ· καὶ ἦν Ἰσραὴλ ἐννακόσιαι χιλιάδες, καὶ Ἰούδα τετρακόσιαι χιλιάδες, πάντες πολεμισταί. Τότε ἔρχεται Γὰδ ὁ προφήτης, αἵρεσιν αὐτῷ διδοὺς τριῶν τιμωριῶν, ἣν βούλοιτο ὑποστῆναι, ἢ τρία ἔτη λιμὸν, ἢ τρεῖς ἡμέρας φυγεῖν ἐπικειμένων ἐχθρῶν, ἢ τρεῖς ἡμέρας θάνατον. Ὁ δὲ τὰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας τοῦ θανάτου εἵλετο, καὶ ἀπέθανον ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἕως ἀρίστου ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδες. Τότε λέγει ∆αυΐδ· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον, καὶ ἐγὼ ὁ ποιμὴν ἐκακοποίησα, καὶ οὗτοι τὸ ποίμνιον τί ἐποίησαν; Γενέσθω ἡ χεὶρ ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου. Ἐπαύσατο ἡ τιμωρία. Καὶ κελεύεται ὁ ∆αυῒδ θῦσαι [λ. στῆσαι] θυσιαστήριον ἐν τῇ ἅλῳ Ὀρνία, καὶ θῦσαι· καὶ ἐποίησεν οὕτως. Ὀρνίας υἱὸς ∆αυῒδ ἑστιᾷ τοὺς περὶ Ἰωὰβ καὶ Ἀβιάθαρ, ὡς βασιλεύσων. Εἰσέρχεται ἡ Βηρσαβεὲ κατὰ συμβουλὴν Νάθαν τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ ἀπαγγέλλει τῷ ∆αυΐδ· μεταξὺ δὲ λαλούσης ἐκείνης εἰσῆλθε καὶ ὁ Νάθαν, κατασκευάσαντες ὥστε βασιλεῦσαι τὸν Σολομῶνα. Ἐξῆλθον ἐπιβιβάσαντες τὸν Σολομῶνα τῇ ἡμιόνῳ τῇ βασιλικῇ. Τότε ὁ προφήτης Νάθαν καὶ ὁ ἱερεὺς Σαδδοὺκ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν Γιὼν, καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπον· Ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς. Ἐλθὼν ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωνάθαν ἀπήγγειλε τῷ Ὀρνίᾳ ταῦτα ἑστιωμένῳ. Καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι ἔφυγον, ὁ δὲ Ὀρνίας κατέφυγεν εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, δεδοικὼς τὸν Σολομῶνα. Τότε ἐξάγει αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἐλθὼν προσεκύνησε τῷ βασιλεῖ. Μέλλων τελευτᾷν ὁ ∆αυῒδ, παραινεῖ τῷ Σολομῶντι, ὥστε φυλάττειν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν νόμον· οὕτω γὰρ τεύξεσθαι αὐτῷ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων αὐτῷ. Παραγγέλλει τε περὶ Ἰωὰβ καὶ Σεμεεὶ, ὥστε τιμωρηθῆναι αὐτοὺς, καὶ περὶ τῶν υἱῶν Βερζελλὶ, ὥστε αὐτοὺς τιμῆς τυγχάνειν, 56.349 καὶ τῆς τραπέζης ἀπολαύειν τῆς βασιλικῆς. Καὶ ἀποθνήσκει τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη βασιλεύσας. Βασιλειῶν γʹ. Ἀναιρεῖ τὸν Ὀρνίαν ὁ Σολομῶν, ὅτι τὴν Ἀβισὰκ ᾔτησε, καὶ τὸν Ἀβιάθαρ ἐξέβαλε τῆς ἱερωσύνης. Καὶ ἐπληρώθη ἡ κατὰ τοῦ Ἡλεὶ ἀπειλή· ἐξ ἐκείνου γὰρ κατῆγε τὸ γένος. Ἀνεῖλε δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἰωάβ· τὸν δὲ Σαδδοὺκ τὸν ἱερέα ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἀβιάθαρ κατέστησεν ἱερέα. ∆ίδωσι δὲ ὁ Σολομῶν πρόσταγμα τῷ Σεμεεὶ, ὥστε ἐν τῇ πόλει μένειν διόλου· εἰ δέ ποτε ἐξέλθοι, οὐκ ἀτιμωρητὶ τοῦτο ποιήσειν, ἀλλὰ θανάτου ὑποστήσεσθαι ζημίαν. Ἀπώλοντο αὐτῷ δοῦλοι· ὁ δὲ ἐπιλαθόμενος τοῦ προστάγματος, ἐξῆλθε ζητήσειν, καὶ μαθὼν ὁ Σολομῶν ἀνεῖλεν αὐτόν. Περὶ τῆς σοφίας Σολομῶντος διήγησις, περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης τῆς ἐπ' αὐτοῦ, περὶ τῆς πολυτελείας τῆς τοῦ ἀρίστου, καὶ περὶ ἁρμάτων, περὶ τῶν ἵππων, περὶ παντὸς τοῦ πλούτου. Αἰτεῖ Σολομῶν σοφίαν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Τότε κρίνει ταῖς γυναιξὶ ταῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδίου προσελθούσαις αὐτῷ. Πάλιν περὶ τῆς σοφίας Σολομῶντος λόγος, περὶ τῆς πολυτελείας τῆς τραπέζης αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίνες ἐλειτούργουν ταύτην αὐτῷ τὴν λειτουργίαν. Ἀποστέλλει πρὸς Χειρὰμ τὸν βασιλέα Τύρου, τοὺς δρυοτόμους αἰτῶν ἐπὶ μισθῷ· ὃ δὴ παρέσχεν. Ἐνταῦθα ἔγκειται τῶν ἐργαζομένων ὁ ἀριθμὸς, καὶ τῆς ἑτοιμασθείσης εἰς τὸν ναὸν ὕλης τὸ πλῆθος. Εἶτα ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ ναοῦ. Εὔχεται ὁ Σολομῶν ἐν τῷ ναῷ, καὶ θύει, καὶ ἐγκαινίζει τὸν οἶκον. Ἐπαγγέλλεται ἀγαθὰ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς, ἐὰν φυλάξῃ τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπειλεῖ τἀναντία, ἐὰν παραβῇ. Ἦν δὲ