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剧情简介

Davi-,d, now an old man, is(# ^still @*king of= Is]rael. Among his so ns,@:# t(\he ambitiou_[s.
Ado@ ni:-`ja=#/h and ?+the cle]*?ver S olomon
?
.[. The two young me)n are fierce rivals@#$, s ^in%]ce =]both ]are p@rosp$#]ective heirs to the thr$one ];and only o=ne;@ can b[e suc.cessful. Du)ring  a hu*)nting% expedition, Adonijah chall::enge;s his yo\@
#un* ger*;
brother Solomon to ,a ;c-hariot race. W[; hile Solomon, th/,;ough(+ brave, still re?tains a )_($modicum of ca=#*utio.n, the dare:devil ^.Ad]/:onijah._ is eager to )(+win at al@l `[costs -- (: and loses, control of)  hi`s chariot. So];lomon  =tak*es _the serio?$usly inj)[#\+ured Adon_/ijah back to Jerusalem. On the way t he)+re th`e_,y  meet the attra?ctive Abishag, who despi=!,te he:r$#+ youth i$s versed;
 in /?t]\/he us@^e+; of healing`/ 
)_herbs. S==#he act#/ually ,!succeeds in helping the $prince. Adonijah f-a)lls in love w;ith Abishag -- 
, but Bath_sheba[_ arrang#/%es thin`?_ g!s so t)hat she] wor-k.s;_ for )^\=Davi(d, hoping #[that @,? her you[th, her beauty and ] her he!:aling
%`.powers@[ will so@-othe t;he ol= d k*ing's s^.$uffering! -. Sev-era/` l memb`=ers of! the influential pries[;thood and also\?!/ the re(_spected army ge neral. Joab, wh
o served /+David loya\)lly for many ye@,:ars, su pport 
Adonijah's c=;\lai:\m t# $o t)he throne-- even t`,`hough D=avid has=^=@ still not made !`a:
^n.,y de ,cision with regard +to a po *t_`\ential successo]:r. The ba)[ttle-e\.xperi=enced ],Joab r,/eg(@ards^\ So lomon as /!an\% indecisive w? eakling, un/d?er whose leadership the ki;@ngd^ =o^?m would so\on fall apart. When the prophe;t Nat^@han finds )==out about= Adon]?/ij.ah'#?_s ^#co]nspirac`y` he / informs Baths`,
heba and Solomon,(. who ? u?r.ge David t)o take
!=.immed*i+ ate-@ action. An%,d. so% it-[ \)comes to * -!pa@^-/ss tha%t prep arati!ons to a-%:noi= ,nt the future ].king o, f Is:
@rael = are made both at ?-t-he Spring of .\%Enrog#,el, where Adonijah+ and his men are encamped,$(: +as$_; well $_-a
,s in Jeru salem. The festiv// \e p roc:e ssi*on f] .or Adon@)ijah ha$ s already b  een assem],%bled %and[] the people @;ent/-iced with delicious,: delicacies to c--_@heer h@[im on, when the news of Solomon's $]coro)!nation reaches Enrogel . The people p;.\romp $tly ^.@ackno-wl(^edge the will of % %
King D!! a__vid and *)@)stream off ,!to Jerus::alem in$] their hordes to gr-* ]eet S`[ol^omon, their f`.#uture -.=ruler. Adonijah r!$_@ emains behind ([`with a ha^\+ndful of loya`/l followe,r_%s. He %#realiz_es that he h,as [lost/#* -!))+- fo r the time bei+ n [ g. Humb]ly\ he *?pl.aces his life_% in his brother'. s hands. Ado=n;ij,.?ah i) !!s forgiven@%/ *^on(([ one co
ndition t`(at ^`he [[.alway;)`s remains loyal to hi%#s brother Sol+?(omo+]n. The  great King Da`vid is dead, and h)is..:? son =
S`olomon has  succeeded!: hi^%m[. @as th%e -;right

ful ru%\(ler of Israe?l. Ad ;onijah now has a r--^equest t[o[#\ m?[/ ake : of Bathsheba h`e wants ;(to marr:-y Abishag#@. Solom@^+on [ hears about ]this seem\-$ingl[ `-y inno?cent wis]h,+# _ a^nd r)ecognizes it as a renewed ploy (!on) beh[al `^$f of hi@(=s b*(

rot[her\+ ]:to /^reclaim the throne$# -- Adonijah's $/mar/ria,ge to th?e last woman to :s
!$.hare King David's bed would strengthen+/ his political positi%`on considerably. Solom]%;on knows that he has? to a$ct quickly /! and decisively if:: h,e* is to secure his own )/power. He has h%is brothe:[\r Adonija%-/h  and the latte :r's closes)%=@t ` asso)c;
iate J?oab :+^exec_uted. Af *(ter \t,?h),is ra^ dical d$ecision, Sol.==omo=
 n+ withdr([( aws to@ p)-resent sacrifice.s. I*%
n a dream the] Lord appear \*s t:o him
! and grant/(]s him the fu(\l\=fillme)]*:nt of$ a wish, whatever ]-it  \may be. Solomon merely asks %%for [@wisdom# -- in order  to! become a g ood$ ruler and judg?
e. War with- /#Egypt is loo$ming. To arm his  k_ingdom agai^%nst the territor^ial ambi_  tions of its po?**werful !neighbors, Solomo%= n no-!t only introduces several re\forms but also decides t)o ma=]rry the da=]@ug\ht%*er of =#:@t h%/?(e pharao?-]h. The Egy*p]\@,tian $`pr:in$
@ce=ss doe#s no,t \remain Solo-)_%mon's only wife, how:],ever as ti^)m/e -,g;.)oes by the kin!g m;(\a=,r$?ri=]es nu!m$ er?%ous noble women f/ /rom many di/$f !#fe=;ren  t :countrie/s#^? for ^# political and  @ec#\==onomic r
!easons. In%* t_, %his way he preserves pea`ce for his people, and cre;- ates^%$ +!=gre\at pr@ ^os\perity `[. ;-By allowing the women to? continue _
?pract:
]ici:`ng their domestic %+custom `s and rel/.igi\ous
% ri\tual-s in Je-rusalem 
a s we !ll, he $comes into re[!(\gu.`lar confl`]ict with ).:the priesthood, who see the f^!oreig ^n rel#igions _as enda[$.nger+ing Israel's*[ sole co\=ven?:ant w=
it ]h the Lord. The w!i sdom gr(*#a^nted to Solomon by God becomes fu@lly evident wh(en the king sit!s in j\#udgment -`. One day two h@,arlot`s -eac,h claim to be mo^ther of the (;same baby.%  Solomon%,'s dec
#%isi [!on[_ seems utterly c):%ruel he )[sa`\ys t
\hat (th$e child should be cut in t$$w!o so \%tha$t each woman rec-eives *]half. S-[olomon can n+ow deter$mine ?,who the?$ r**eal mo-$!t+he=+r is fro[m her rea +/c%= ]tion\ she will not all[^ow !_her child to be harmed. Solomon han;ds the child ba /c`k to its true:* m`other amid che=\ers of approval. One ,of? th ,_e most important tasks +hande)?d down to \S,:.%ol omon @by his father Davi`d is b\
u^ilding the great Temp!^le to house.# t
he Ark ` of the Cove^nant. I,t_ );?has[; to be larger and more ma^gnificent than all, other @te
:mples /i^n \@the world, and So+]lomon no.^w set/;s about f*?ulfilling ((^his =#fat her's -- wish. He plac\/es (_@Jerob. ]oa (m in #\charge of the Israelite workers as ch ief over seer. _,S=)@e ven years later, th_ e work i --s#:) c@om@ple`\t
e=%d. The exp+ens+ive constru#\.!ction mat;,eri=;a@ls _hav+)_e /,?been brought from (far-off ^l\:%ands, and the peo? ple
(of Israel /[ have pai_;.d ex*ce.edingly hi-(gh ta^xes w,!`)ithout c( : #omp !la )?int i[n ord-_/e^ r to finance the co`nstru,`c( $tion work. Th!e Ark *_,of the Cov\,enan$_t+ can now finall(y be , ta ken%* t=o-$ t+he Temp:le in :a tr/iumphant processi %on. After s +o# $+many ye[ars of? wand. er%^[;ing, th`\]e .\Israelites' +@most sacr#ed possess .ion now h];as( a fixe%d ho ^ me of its own. Peo )ple stream to J-erusalem f (rom a*cross the entire co!\un-try to. celebra:te the great day.]^_ Ab`.ishag, now ma ?rried, comes ,t!oo : and .#bri_[ngs her famil* y.
 Solo@[[mon h:as de+)
ci :\%ded]$ to ming\$@^le .% `among ?the \people in d-+ isgui$se, and he a^^\nd A\b#isha%+g are overjoyed w)\hen they ac_ci+de=#ntally?,/ mee%(`t ag,ain aft-!%e ^r s!`o \^many years. The Temple makes
 Jerusalem an`d its kin g famous throu,ghout the w .orl;.d. Even[- the\. dark-skinned Qu-een of@) She\]b:]a s
e,
ts off*=* with+ a , !large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated
-` So*lomon a nd admire his mag=nific) ]en%\[^t(- city. The admiration
 turns out to be mu^tual Solomon) +, captivated by her beauty`=, ;falls deeply^ in ;;l+(ove with her`#. The two of them ha*=?ve a c@)#hild, Me\nelik, but one da_ y th?)e\, Quee`[n o !f Sheba decides to leave(. She?( does not@*% wan`t Menelik t ;.o [(be depr%[ived of* the rega)l %:dig!-nit$_$y awaiti_%#/ng him in his home co]u,^ntry*). Solomon . _s(@tays b,]ehind^ ,= with a heavy heart. The_= #king has now.# achieved everything he set h*%is heart on, but wi_th the passing of t^=he years %`/=t`.he wise Solomon grad^#uall#\y beco$:-!-mes  $a melanc=h]oly, s*keptical old man wh@o regularly ques)tion*s% _hi=s ve ry exi=@stence. Mate[\#rial th,;in$-gs seem to repres^,/ent t, )he : o
n%!;l y= re\;alit$y $\for him. He als#o refuses +-to a_!dopt any
==: kind of/$= stead%y policy, e+!s^@$]peci+!_all,`y in r@-e*/ligio= u^/s) ( mat+te*-rs.. With his foreign ]wives?_, So+lomo_(\n(; ?(sacrifi*#%ces t$)_o#- fo*=?reign gods, and this incur$ s t#he wrath of the priesthoo,d. Th-e
;lo yal,? Jerob oam appeals to his king's+[ conscience, b[ut@- to no avail. D-urin #g one ;\ of Solom,on
@'(-s #!)sortie
+s in d-##/isguise among)  =+his p e ;ople, .a / simple fa,!r)*mer remi.(/nds him of the first of the Ten* Commandme?nt
s`# re^_=vealed by
*? `$@@t- he Lor)]:d to M
ose$`s @^You shall have no other?% god-s ,;before me. At an,;other]* decisive@] momen
t, Go)`d Himself )spea)/?]ks t),o Solomon a.nd(* ^announces the p ]unishment@
for h.is si nf/ulness the # kin,^gdom will collapse after Solomon-'s death.;;; The king ha-s gr^,ow\^n old an],$d wear_y. He has lost` touc:h wit*]h th` e peop#?le -.$o-f I*s!r@a)el,:]% w` ,ho are sufferin);g from %= heavy ta.,xa=%t, i=]*on* -and 
for$+--ced labor. S, olomon , `has   treated his long-stan#d*.:\`ing c`ompanion\ J#@eroboam, to w?hom he entruste_!$^d t()`=,he ad
%m- *,inistrat(ion of the ?.;northern tribes, =  w,;?i,*th murderous anger e ver (sin%:ce a pr*(^op*)^het predi
`c#ted the divisio
n_] of t?^*he ki%+/ngdom
to him. The k )=ing no longer .h/@as@= the strength\ to chang
)+e t-.:hin@gs% -- he just leave*#s them(
= as
],th
(e\)%%y ;are. Th$e ?con s/ equ/ e^
nces ;) of. this become clear shortly?  after h^is death. Solomon's son !and successo+ r Rehoboam treats the country's/+( leaders with arroganc^-#.e( /, and provokes+ the !division _of the k%\ing dom into two parts the] only t:ri$be still loya[l to him ?is that of Jud= ah, while!$)*- all the ot
hers unite $u*^nder Jer,+_oboam. The)\_ pr+;ophecy has been f
#ulfi@_, ll(+e@:^d. T@;he king)/. $do!=m tha+$t?= Solomon received fro:m!^ =(his fa?ther- David, and i;/n.]vested with @ such mig`;ht and mag *:ni=?.ficenc e, i;_s now divided.