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剧情简介

David, now an o<"]ld _;man,- is still"$ king of Is;rael. Amon/%,g +his sons, th e ambitious Adonijah %and the clev+er Solom?!o/n.= The two yo[ung men are fierce \ * r]$ivals, since$/ ",$both>@ ar::e =prospec;,*+ti ,^ve h/^e[,[irs.[ to the/$ th++_,<rone =a\$nd only on
#(-e^ can)+#, b+e []@
s"uccessful. Du.#ring a h)unti:)*ng;$$ expedition., Adonijah ch?-^alleng+/es his yo_?unger bro\/ther So#lomon  `to %@
a ^char)io+
t ra:.ce. While S[ olomon, /thoug_h brave, s]/@^till retains a modicum)+ of& caution@=<, the*/ dare.devil Ad'onijah ) i,-s e
ager t*]o :\!win !()]at <all costs -- and loses con_(trol of his char='$iot*!.`.% Solom]"o[,*n +\>[t+akes the ?@seri ;ously inju>,#red Adonijah back to Jerus?a?? >lem<. O[n the wa^y;:, there they meet$:# t h(e at
#"trac_;?tive Ab"ishag!$, who d@: >e [\/s.;pit`e her youth )"&is >($ve >rsed in the use$>- of # hea.^ling!>> herbs.<#[*@ She actuall^y su#;c,"_$ceed&(,s in he-?lpin,g t^ )he :prince. Adonijah=+ falls in lov </e with Abi?shag. -- but Baths[)heba arr&an:^!*ges_)( thi)n)(gs so ;;that she<;> works for Davi% &d(, h")@;op
i,.ng that@ ?_'her youth,,% her beauty*:! = and her healin/g p(o wers `will !soothe the old king's suffer;;:ing. Se;/vera&#/l members of&<=[
_ the`' i^ [n[%\fluential priesthood `/!and also th]*?e *],re##spected arm^y general J>oab$
*, who ser^ved Davi]:d l(&.oyally for many yea/rs, supp; >ort Ad?%onijah<'s; clai/m to the throne--* = `_&even t "=hough David has still n#<ot &ma<de any decisio#+n with`/ regard to a p=oten%"tial su!+cce)ssor. "/!(The b=
<+a@ttle-experienced J*)oab regards S+#ol_;omon .as an [ *in[decisiv" /e weakling
`, u nde'":r whose leader`'ship t'\he k* ingdo"m ?;would s<%#oon-<( fall\=@ apart.  )When # the prophe&t Natha/n find> <s ou]#t ab((o]ut Adonija&]h'*s c?=+[]ons][%pi%?/racy he informs Bathsheba '  and So]<!:lomon,)]#  )@who u$ rge David to take imm ediate a@ction. '#And so .? it comes to p.]ass t <hat preparations t`o >a
noint the:
futu\'$/re king of ;Israel  are m ,(ade )<b oth at the Sp^ring of Enrogel, whe"+re@ Adoni %jah and his men ar$&?e encam@:!ped,-=!
as +(- ]we&]ll a+s [ in Jerusale
!m. T+[he f#(es*>t_>:ive proc<ession` for @
Adonijah h& %as ??`al[ready` be>en )[assembled an=<&d t;?he peop\;%le entice#?#d with de! licious d"<_elica[cies to cheer him on<
, when the news of Solomon's co"*@ronation r
^each$(e`_s Enrogel. The peo/>.ple $pro.=mptly. acknowledge @[the will of King .:Da,)vid and stream of;$f to J^erusalem in their[>* horde+: s to gree$#t Solomo;; "n,/[ th .eir <fu;ture ruler. Adon%i(:*jah remains  behind with a^@ h\=]andful of loyal follower*)-s. H-(e realizes[? !that he has lo]st --/ f+o$'\r t%he ti\_m/[e bein=:g. Hum.b(ly h$, e place":. s his l/=
>i+=`!fe in h=is brother's hands. A=["[donij*a=,!h i, /s %:forgiven( - on one <co&@n&'d/\(ition that he! a[_\lways remains loyal to his b
 ro@,[ther Solo#-mon. The gr<]^<eat King D!+avid is dead, and his s`)` on Solomon has su .cceeded h;]im as @t
%\`he ri:_^&:ghtful ruler $of Israel!!,. Adonijah ;;%now + _has a re`,quest to make of Bathsheba he wan^>ts to marry Abisha< !+g. Solomon hea*rs about $=;,-this seemingly innocen>t wish,
 and (recognizes it as a re'newed ploy on ],behalf (#&of hi+>s ^)brother to reclai=^m the ] t>hron= e -- Adonijah's marr=iage- to the$:- l,:(ast\ woman to share King Dav `$
id%(;-'s bed would= ( str%e <ngthen -his political p\=osition c^/ons:@=ide[rab^>ly. Sol$o"
\,#mon kno_ws,/ tha t he h,&'/as to act qui-@[[ckly'>#. ??and decisiv_"ely if he is/" to secure] his own ?pow+er. )_(He>]@
has his@ brother A`d% on,/ij)a$'  h and the lat=<ter's closest $<ass ]ociate Joab executed. A,%@fter this; radical decisi ^on,, Solomon with*=draw-^s to p?,re-sent sacrif)?ices.: In a ]_+dre=>am the _Lord  app=(-ears to him [:and gra(^nts him^"; the fu+'^lf(/illment# of a w$(
ish, whatever it may] be. S$@]olomo ?n merely asks fo *=r `+:wisdom?@ &@:*-- i-n order + to be//come @=a goo\d[/.(: ruler and j/ud< &ge. War wit]]^%h Egy% pt is loomin.(g.(;? T ^o arm his kin]g* dom against th$e te"<rritori:'al ambitions :>:o)f its power^]ful$= neighb@ors, Solom!on not o-]:]nl/"y int>roduce\`.\s $&se(ve+].ral reform=.#^s but als%=o dec ide^s _,to"*? mar/;'ry the daughter of .<]th e ph&;araoh. The =^Eg%$*"yp^ tian pr_+-inc(&
 ess does n ",ot rema:
(in Solomon'^(s onl:y wife(, .&*how"ever_ as tim-] e go;?e$$s by the king_. marries numerous noble"'@ w;
 omen =from_![ ;many di>_'fferent countries f:or(! p*`%olitical a\,
nd economic reaso+ ns.!) In this way- he preser]ves ,
peac%%['e for his peopl@'e#/, :$and creates great prosperity. B]`y allowing th $-e wom\&en to con$^@tinue practicing their dom
"estic '\customs and& r[elig-ious rituals in Jerusal(,"em as well, he\ co^^!#mes into&  //regular c :/;onflic_ t with the priesthood, who\ s^'
ee the fore/-?ign !/(religions _+ a[[)'s]\ endangerin+)/g Isr:a*]*el's sol,!e\* cov](en<'a
>?n!t<] with the Lord. The wi.?
s'.'dom gr(/anted to Solomon by G,)*od .
becomes fu!$lly evi(
dent `%when the
 kin,g si[ts in /[,.judg(+ $me**nt. One day: two !harlots each clai#.&m t* o b$$e *m,/&=other ?of <"the same baby. Solomon's decision see>ms)@ utterly cr)!uel 
he says that the child sh
 (o@uld be [.cut in two)* so that each ,/>wo\?;man
^' receives half+'. Sol/_omon .:can now determine wh#'\o the real moth?er i"_s from<- he/+r re.<]ac`_(tion she wi=ll not-* +;allow her<- ch
<il\&&\.d to be;,( harmed. Sol/ _omon ha?nds th;=@=e chil]#d back to?
& its tru&e !mot?
;he^r_ amid >.che*ers of app"_:roval.^*"+) One of% the most im
*portant? tas$ks ]
hand$ed down to"# Sol\[om<$o_) n b=!: *y his fath*]^er David ( is building the grea<&]t T#-emple  &to house the Ar$ k -@+of the Cov;`\enant. _It has to be larger an]- d more magni+fice;_*nt th,a /$@n @# a ll other temp^[les i
n the world, and Solomon now ! sets about fulfil .#lin)g his f=ather's wish. H/?e places Jer=o
'boa) m in c ;#harge o/;/f the?* Isr<:aelite w>*ork =er*,s as chief overse.er. S!
even years]% la ter, =,#the '_work is com@.pleted". The,% expensive\ c-/@)onstruction materia&) ls hav$#<e been brought\%; fro'^+:*m f^ar+-off /;la)+*$nds,: and> the p<$#eople\;  of Isr(@ael h#%"a&ve >paid exce*>edingly high taxes wi
#(thout complaint in order t#/_:o finance the co- ,>n<_struct'ion ]wor*#k. Th.#e^ `Ark of the Covenant can; now fina?lly:; be$ taken t,<_"o the T,:emple in/, > a triumphant p"rocessi <$on. After so
many,:- years of ]wandering, the (Israelites'-%< most/; sacred @+>^]po$sses<sion now has a ;fix'?e][d home o*f i+&&`t;@s ow%n. People s@tream to Jerusalem from ac,']r:]oss the en<:tir&*/e country to celebrate the, 'gre>]a+-t d<<a^ y. Abishag, now married, comes too a/#>nd brings her -,fam$>*ily. So^lomon has # @=decided )to ming((.le a.&mong the people in_ disguise, a(nd he and Abis,hag a-re ove[#rjoyed when@& they accid_ ental&ly>:/- me*\et a!gain after s\; o\# many\$^ years. The >)Temple ;[mak?"e)->s Jeru
[salem and <its k)]'_ing fa; m],ous% throughout the world. Even the dark-ski
n#
ned Que?\+*en of Sheba sets off wit<h a large reti!nu;:?e t]+[o visit the wise and cul'>t  ivated .]-'Solomon and admire his# m$agn"^"$ificen^t city. T+ :he admira:tion tur+ ns out to b& e mutual . $So!\"lomon, captivat'_ed by her beauty
, $.falls deep %ly?- in ;])love with her. Th e two of th'
/em have a chil$d, Menelik, but one +( d=ay the Q,#\ ueen of Sheba [ decides to leave. + She does n?ot want!;=' Meneli,!k `to _be deprived ?;of the_` re 'ga %l dignity ^a>.waiting him in his home cou!n+`try.?: Sol"`o<#:mon stays beh <ind, with a heav&y he% a\]rt. The k$^;ing has no,)w a[ chieved everyt%\+hing he s% et his(^ hea!^;rt ])on, but ?:\with t]=he passing of t,!+he $?years the wise*
@ S+[\.olomon gr^aduall/y becomes a me+%[lan)choly, sk.@eptical ol(
d man who regul_:ar.`ly qu>"estions his very existence. Mat`]e"?=rial th/&in[gs seem to repre&%^sent the o!nly r)ea! lity fo</r him.\*$ He also refuses;: @to ":ad)opt '+any kind of stead^$
y "polic=y, <[especially ,in reli"gious matters. With his foreign @ wives,,>_ Solomo_ *n sacrifices to foreign g.?ods, ? and thi :)s -/incu:\'#rs the*` w[[rath o;;
f the&]% pr&iesthood. The :loyal Jer.%o#b,^%oam appeals t^,, o[.. */ "!his >&king's c:onsc `@ience, bu)?t t,)o no ava/#?il. =During one of S[,olom;on',_s so]rt@ ies in disgu[$*-ise% among'' his peo%* ?`ple$?, a si
(mple<) fa:r' mer ;[remind"'s him of the: `"fi;"%rst[ of th#e Ten Commandment' <s_ revealed b
]y the #>Lord to M!\oses \You sha ll have ?no other gods before me. At #:&-anot`@her=<` decisive mome-+,nt,> $ God @ Him"`self speaks to Solomon a-nd ,!a+n[:noun,+ces the punishment for his /sin` f&:ulness :*?the king_ )/d$om will collapse after Solomon's death #. The king has grow#n $old an`*d weary. He has l\@'ost touc h ]with the peo;pl=.e of Israel=&,'/&$& who
;are suff(?&"ering from heavy %%ta('
xation'. and forc (e`!=%d /-labor. Solomon '_?has treat%%ed his long-s,^ta'nding compa_n.@ion Jerobo?am, to whom# he entrusted the admi[%nistrat,ion of the nor]:*ther!+n tri._bes, with murd!
=e".rous anger ever s:]ince a pro];p)h`;(e]t ; predic,^ted the divis;%ion of the ki+ngdom to him<. The( king no;  l ,onger. has the s \:trength ) to &ch=!'an.?g.e thing[(s &*\-- he just le]av]@e%@%s them as:@ they are. The consequences of_ th<,is become `cle&$'ar shortl!$^y a
fter="< his dea".t`h. Solomon's son a>nd su^,((ccessor Reh oboam ?]treats the country's leade\;rs +_#w ith arrogance, ">'and p>rovokes the divis&ion ,of the kin\-?gdom i&:_n to> two
 par%%ts -=th@.e onl">"y tribe stil"!$l loyal ,^to him is that'; <><of Judah, whil ^e a(`^(%ll the others unite under %Je+=roboam. #-The>$ prophecy @>ha/#s been:
fulfill(`ed. The k-:ing d@>om th*at Solomon receive$ d from his*< father D%=avid+
, and inv>ested with suc h might.! $:<#<and ma/g`
?*nificence, is now`? divided.