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剧情简介

Da#[;vid,% now an% old man, i
-s_% +^still king of Israel.`^ _,A`:?mong his sons, the ambitio$*us Adonija#:h a nd the #cle+ver So[@lo,-mon. T@he two you ng men are fierce+? ri_v*a# ls, s;ince both are pr[ospecti[)ve h+ei=\r  s t-o the thron(?e and $.!only% on[@e can be successful. During(;! ::a$; hun^%tin(g expedition, Ado@nij+$!ah /ch a:=*=lle\nges +/his youn `ger brother Solomon to a c`^hariot race. `While$. ?Solomon
, thou(?(gh brave, st #)/ill retains a
 .+modicum of cauti_^ on, the *.daredevil_ @Adonijah i:s eage.):r to w] in at all costs ?-- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes: the seriously ;injured A :d -=onijah b[a
ck t
? o .Jerusalem. On;/ the way there- they- meet^( the
_?[att+*ra?@ctiv#/+e Ab]i^^\shag, who ^(despite her: youth i/:s/ ve
;rsed ]$in _,th@^e use of healing h)_erbs. * She actually suc #;:ceeds in helping =:the prince. Adonijah  fall)
s in lo$)ve with Ab\?/ishag -- but B#athshe.ba %:arranges things$:\. so th`/at/ \. she works for David, hoping -$tha t her yo uth, her beauty` and h\e )*r$- healing power_@s#( will
s%oo/$the the o$ ld king'`s\, [%?-suffe?ri=`ng_,.. *@Several ;/
_members of ] the inf
\luential priesthoo?d and ! a-*lso t,!he! respected army= #gen(er
).;a_:l Joab, who +=!served Da\vid loyally for =many years, support Adon#_ij )_a$h's ^claim*( to the throne-- even t]#h! $ough David ha:%^s still$ % n ot made any =decision with regard to a pot+%ent
]i\al successor. T= he #*_b[*attle-:]:@[exper(# i@)en..;ced Joab re;(gards So$`lom;* on)
$` ^,]as a.n indecisi@ve weak+l/;ing, und\ `$er w`/ho s$e leadership th@ e`# kingdom w]ould soon fa^,ll ap//art. Whe ]/!n the pro!_\$phet Nathan f/ ;$inds out (about  Adoni?(jah'\s !`@conspiracy he %i_nforms B/athshe.b**a; and S;o lomo$-n, who u)]rge Da]:vid) to t ]ake immediat!(?e action. And so it comes?-\ to pass that preparations to,, ano;*int;$= the ^#f=)!uture king\. of: Israel%. are made#\ @+both at the S^ pring of =@@E%
n*%rog,el, wher?e Ado
:nija =h and hi
_[ s#:\@% men!$+ are.[ enca=mped, a=++s well =*as) in Jer;usa%l.em. The ,festive pr) : oce-`ssion for Adonija
$h has: a
:`lready b`]een assembled and: t?he pe/ ople ent(iced # with del?%icio*%*.us del ``icaci\es\ t+o chee+#`r. hi? m on, when /t[?@he new s of Solomon's
*.$ coronation reac$h es Enrogel. The p(eople promptl@-y acknowledge $the will of King ?David and stream-
. of) ;f to Je/(rusa.]lem in their hordes to/+# greet  Solomo`(n, their fu(!t
 ure \
ru]^ler. Ad*=oni-`
jah `$)remains behind with a ha`%ndful of loy.+.a\l fol^_lowers. He\* realizes ! tha.t h`, e has lost -- for the;%^ time being. Humbly )[
he ]$places \/*his$\ life in h )is b:@:rother's hands. !A, !donijah_( is forgiven on on`!e cond.%it/=ion that he` . alwa\; ys remains loya@.l to?`: his() brother  Sol/om= _on. The great King Dav ;,id is dea \d, and his?@ *$+#s+-on . Solomon %:has suc
ceeded him as the righ ,tful r_! ule_).r of I:srael. ,Adon]\ija,[h/ n:ow h?as a request to make of Bathsheba h*@?e w-,an.t/
s to marry ^]Abishag. S]
olomon h .$ears abou`+t th
is seemin )gly innocen^ t w ish+^, and$` recog@`nizes it(: as a rene?[wed p:loy on beha\lf of his brother to reclaim the thro]n+e -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King %*D_ avid;(\* 's bed would strength!en ^^_his? \?political positio)n con;%sidera^ bly. Solomon kn^= ?;ows th.:at he has )#t^- o?. =?act[$)] qu^ick`\ly a:nd +decis?\iv=:?el]?./y if %h^]]e is (to se)!(cure his own pow\^er. He!* h
*as h`-`=is .? brother Adonijah and the l;(atter's cl=o%s_est associa,))`te%
J#_oab executed. Aft/%er this rad=\ ical decisio?n, ;So%(lomon .:wi`(thdraws to present sa cri-^)_fices. In* a dream the@ Lo$,rd appears` to him / #
)$and gra=nts him the fulfi!)l lm ent ?_,/of ^_-a wish, whatev,er it may be. S/o^!lomon me#rely asks for wisdom -- )in order!] to become a good rule
r and judge. War #.%with E_\ gypt i)s loomi=-\ng. To arm his ::kin@.%gdom a!gai
nst the terri(t?,oria*l a =mbition=#$s o=f its p.$ow?erful neighbors, Solomon( not o-,n.ly introd]uc(]%es severa-/] l r#;efor@ms but,% also de;@-,c#@ides t!o )

marry the d) ?au.)ghter of the pharaoh+*-!. The Egyptian princ ess does:) ,-not remain Sol$,=om+
o +n's only wife=\ , however )as time goes by t he king ma=,\r\ries numer,_]ous \?noble wome^_n fro m m.)any(!( diffe(rent countries for po=litic)al and ec*=onomic reasons. In thi/s way %[h*#=e p*,reserves ,*peace+= fo\
r his pe);+ople$^,// a/\;n\/]d c.\?rea\/tes great prosperity. By allow! (i ]ng the+ wome`n to continue#^ pr?
acti#)cing their 
domesti c c,ustoms,\; and r[eligious ,))rituals in Jerus*
*al_(:em as well, h![+e %-c];+
omes int==)o regul:_@ar conflict wit#?h the .p =+riesth%+o[od/$, who see the foreign religions!  as end^/angerin g Israel'
% s sole covenant w@/it.+h the Lor?d. The wisdom g $`ranted_.; to ]#)Solomon .by  God`! bec?@omes full\y evide
nt when the king sits i]?$;n jud; $g( m[ent. One day two harlots each cla-. :im +?to be mother o?_f the ,sa# me ba- =(b`
y. Solomo_ +n'#s de.:cision [ seems utterly cru#%el he s*%a.%ys tha%@t t-he child should be cut _$in two so that each woman r- eceives half. @=`S#olomo]n can no/-w de@ =term=
:,ine wh-[#o the +real #[_m$`other i+@s from her reaction she `will not allow  her child to be harmed. Solomon ha,@n)(ds the child b*(ack to its true mother ?]amid ch-eers of approval. One of^ `]the most im$ p`or(+tant ;tasks han$ded down_ to S[*^.olomon b(+y his f\ather David i-! ]s bu%)ilding the great Te#mple to^ hou*+se the Ark of [-*the C^-@oven^=an+t. It has to.;, be large@r and more!# magnificent tha\n all o.ther templ%(es@
in the world, +`=-an=!d Solomon now\ sets ab.out ;,fulfill/ing )_/h;*i s fat
%`h-%er's wish.*^- -#?He plac\/@e,s#? )J eroboam in c[harge  of the Israelite, work[^ers as [[chie[f *overseer. Sev en^ years l`=ater, the work[ is completed(. Th e expensi ve construction$/\ /;#m:]aterials have been brought from far-o%)ff lands, and th;(e peopl=e of Is+.rael hav_$e paid exceedin[%)!gly . high# t*\.axes witho;ut complaint in ord
^er to ),finance the_ constr+`uct@ion work:. The Ar#k  o-+f the- Covenant ca\n now finally be ta+ken to the
@ Temple in a triumpha(nt `procession .: A` f=ter _so ;@#many ,^yea*] (rs% of wan+![de[ring.?, the Israelites'! most sacred possess%ion now ha*s a fi) xed home o?f i/) ts own. People s)#.tream t@o
= Jerus=a`+l,em from. across t%he )%ent%@ire [countr]$`y t[=:;^o (
celebrate (!+the g((-reat ^@day. Abishag, now marr)ied/` , come*s too ]and brings,[ her family. ;Solomon has decided - to ,*mingl;e; among! the peop]_l.e in disguise, and\ . \ he[ and A)_bishag a:re ov;@erjoyed when they^/ accid$.entally[.`\ me;*e+[t again after so man\%y# year!
$s. T;.h]e- Temple mak[es Jerusal-#em ^and its/ #_:king//:!` fam!.%ous throughou=*t the$ world`. Even the dark-sk)?inned Q ]ueen of S ,heba sets o+\ff with a large retinue to visit `the wise(\ and c-ultivated Solomon a]nd adm [-#ire% @h+: i? +s magni/ ficen-t +city?.#%_ The! admiratio`n / turns out t/o be` mu+@tu=^al Solomon, captivat? ^?_ed by -,her beauty, f_)(a+
l+_l-s deeply in love with her. The two of them hav%*e a )ch%ild,  
Menelik), b]ut on@=]e da#%%y ! :\the _Queen [of She*ba +d_[*ecid,%es to l:eave. She does not _wa:nt Menel.].i^ k to] be deprived of th`e =,regal d[$\ignity awaiting him in h/]is home country. Solomon stays b(ehind, wit ?#h@ a heavy heart%/ . _\Th,/#e k ,ing ;(
has now achieved everyth[ in!, g he set his heart on, b=`ut with.,/ the  passing of t;he ye_ars the+/
w);?ise Solomon gradually = becomes a melanc ^ho=]_ly(+ , s;keptical\*[ old ma,n who regularly questions h[[i#s very* exist[!:en +ce. Mate:. rial%) th,!?ings s !)e
#em ].to rep+[re-sent the o
)?n:ly real\ity^ for him. He also/ ;! ]$refuses to adopt an\y kin@[_+d of ,s[!tea+-dy policy+,;\/, espe^ci =all];y in religious ma,?tters. Wit(# .h h+is f$@$oreign wi;)ves, Sol^^om[?+on/=$ s/=.,acrif$ices to fo\reign gods,- and th$is incurs =the wrath of the p ri #esthood. The loy %_al Jeroboa%$^m app)%eals to _!his\+ king's $ conscienc[e, but to no avail.@. During on%e ( of.@ Solomo[_$n's s^=orties in disguise amon`_!g his people, a simple farmer? remin,
ds him$ of the :!first of the Te\n$ Commandments revealed by ;the Lor d to#)]- Moses You $`)shall have n #$o oth,er gods before me*. At an$_.other decisive m.
 om% :ent, God Him)\s?elf speaks to - S!,^ol)omon and an ^nounces the punishment #,,_fo\(r his-. sinfu+
lness the kingdom will collap?
_se after So
-?lom  on's d .eat$^h. The king has g =r#;o$_/@w\% n =ol d a[nd weary!+ . He* h@:.
`as lost touch with th%e people;., of Is_.ra ;el:, who ar_:e suffering. ,(fr)@%om heavy taxation and forced lab-or. 
-Solomon has treat+
ed his l_)-o.ng-s `t +andi,ng compa*
(nion )Jeroboam, to whom h^.e -e\ntrusted the(^ adminis
%tra,^tion of the northern tribe@]s, with murdero$^us ange*$r ever s!ince a.` pr ophet pre=di#%cte-$\;d the divis %$ion of`%_ th.e kingdom** to%% him. The king no =%longer has [=t$]he strength to chan%!ge t /hings --*@) he ju= *?st leav?es them +@ as the_y are. The! c_onsequen-+ces of this become clear shortly *.a
+%`fter h()is death. Solomon's son and successor ;\Rehob=]`oam !@)_,tr*=eats #
?the %\cou:ntry's leaders with ar-r([:ogance, an\d pro)%v*.okes t_,
he divis@ion of= the k*(i !(ngd.$om into two pa(/#rts th (;[e only tribe  sti#@-ll lo^y/a,?l to _`him i*s_!\ that of Judah, while [)(all#)?* the oth/)$er]$s )un)ite un.).!der*@- +%+Jer oboam. The proph%[-ecy has bee=`$n @fulfil+\led. The kin**@gdom that S[olomon :;r!ec+;)`eived., .fr^
om his f]ather :@%Da.(vid, @and inves]
ted`./ with:]% such might and m`;a%gni)[f
icen)^:ce, is now#/]( ]](divi.+%ded.