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剧情简介

Davi d, n ow an old man, +is stil^l k ing \_=+of I+%srael. =%Amo,*#ng +_his 
son:#,s, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever# Solomon. The !(two young men a !$re fier))ce (=rival? s, sin,ce b*(oth are pros.)pective heirs [
to the [thro: ne+/ and only_@ one can be successful. During a hunt=i`/ng expediti on,;\ Adonija h cha;?llenges his yo unger brot\[[her Solomon to a;:
* chariot race. While Solomon,[/ t=hou]$,%gh brave, still \r\!+etains a modi``.c?um of caution, )the da(-re],devil A%=donijah is eager to win at all costs$^] ]--/ and _ l
oses c_ ontr/^ol of his.:^ cha?riot. So
lom[_@on `
takes t%!!?he seriously injured $Adonijah bac,:k @@to Je?+@rusalem. On 
+the way th$.-ere they ;meet the a,ttr?[?acti# ?ve Abishag, who despite!/ he\;\r yo_+u)\ th is versed in the us^(e of *?h*ealing -^ herbs. -She a((ctua=lly s?uccee`ds 
*in helpin:%g the ,.prince. Ad` oni`!jah %falls] in lo=
ve with Abis/hag --$- but Bathsheba%_ ar[r
 ^an ges)^ thin:gs so tha.(;t she work;s fo-r David, (_hoping)% th)at h+$er% y\\(:outh, her  beauty and her healing powers will soothe th:+e o)ld k` in?g's\ su[`ffering. Several members of :the infl_*uential pr iest_._hood and also the;; res!=pecte%[d army . ,general Jo ;ab, $who) served David loyally for many years, (sup,port Adonijah;'s claim t  =o the thro_ne--%_= even though David@ has still no(%t mad\e any decisi(on with re:!gard to a poten?@#)ti-al\) ?-succ^essor. The battle-exper,`ie[^nced Jo:ab re !.g-:ar-d=s Solomon-!)/ as -^an indecisiv#_e weakling, under who](-s?#e leadership(]
the kingdom would?;! soo, n %!fa*l+l apart. When t .*#he ?proph=%+et N:/athan
f] in[:*ds out about Ado
nijah's
=conspiracy he@ infor]ms Bathsheba; and Solomon, _wh[ .o urge D?,.avid to ta.,ke imme?_di)=ate ac tion. An`:d so it^+? comes to pass t[=hat 
*prepara_ \?t@*#ions ? to a
no.;in@t $t] he _ future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adon)ijah`; and
= h;is m%[$en #are encamped, as [_w_ell?
 as in Jerusalem. Th]e# festive proc/)essio%$;n fo#$r Adonijah has a@lready* been /]as/ semb led and the peop.;]l-%\e enticed with delicious delica@;cies to-_ cheer h
im on,, w#h`en th@,e n? ?ews o(f._ Solomo/n@'s c\or=@onation reaches Enro=;` gel. [The peopl!e] promptly acknow(ledge the wi*ll #$of King Davi./[-d and stream of?f+ to Jerusal%em in their h[!ordes to greet Solomon, thei$r futu,?` re ru`-ler. Adonijah; re.mai/*^ns beh-i:nd with a handful of lo.yal f@=oll.owers. H, e realizes that he has `lost /;#-- for t$ he [ time` =,be@?/ing*. Humbl] y h.\e pl/)(aces

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his life in\ hi(=s \,brother's hands. Ado\[ :nijah is forgiven on one ).condit@ ion that he always  remains loyal to), his brother Solomo/_(n . The g.+#reat King David 
(is dea],d, and his :son So,lom o; n ha @s s,=uc+ceeded him as the r(^ightful ruler ; o_f I/srael. Adonijah n.ow has a r:equest t@o make of (.%Bathsheba he wa]`nts ]`t`:[o ma
r ry Abishag. S,o `:lo[(.;mon]. hea)]r %
s ab(out this seem%ingly innocen*-=.t wi.sh?, and recogni/;zes it as a) renewed ploy on behal_ f of,
his brot!h( e+r to recla?$i%=/m t`he $thron,)e -=,- A@^don ijah's m]#ar$ riage to the last woma+n to sha#/!re King David's _ bed ,.wo-, uld stre]#.ngt@_@he n hi#s po _litical*: +,posit i@on !) considerably- . So_@lomon k^-_nows that he has to a`?^ct quickly and d;ecisively  ^if he i\+s to !%^ se%.c,ure+, his own p!?ower. He has?/ his`,* ?br-other Ad_;`o$;nijah-. %* and the latter's closest as\socia/.te Joab ex.%ecuted. Aft ;er@ * \this radical decision, Solomon +_withdraws to pr$\e@@sent sac)$r?`%ifices. In@= ?.a dream t_=he Lord a
)p..,pear@^s to*(/ him and g*r ants ./hi=$m the fulfillment of ` `^a wish, whatever i @t ma#y b#e. Solomon merely asks for. wisdom -- in^ order t-o beco`me a good rul%!er
+ and judge,:.$ `) Wa!;`r with E$%=g $y =pt is@@# (lo]oming. To arm /;his kingdom against t!he te[rr-%;(itorial ambitions`;\ of i=t;s
^po,werful n\\`$e`\-ighbors, Solomon: ! not on^*ly i`-;.ntroduc :?
es several re!form ]s but als- o decid=\es
!t/;@o  ma.rry th)_.e daught-@,er of the phara ^oh. =\ .Th)%[e Egypti)[an princ\*ess ,[d@;;oes not[] re]# ?main% Solomon's;] on ^ly wife,-[ h=o[
,we]_ver $ as t?* ime goes by the king marries numerous noble w#)`omen fro(  m ma*n$.#y different countries f[^#or +p@@:olitical a=nd ec]-onomic reasons. I.:_@n th_is w/?ay ?(he p ._reserves peace for his peopl@=e, a?=n_(#d c\*reates great p\rospe-\ri#,t^ y. ^ By allowing the,(!? w omen to cont
]]@in_ue practicing their dom estic customs and @religious ri!tua+;ls in Jerusal]/ /em as well, he comes into regular*!( conflict w,/
ith the priesthood, who see t#he ( fo-,rei_[gn religions- !? ]as end .angering`% Israel's sole,% covenant wit#\h %the Lord. The wi ^$sdo  m granted# _%to So=,*l./omon-# by _God bec- omes full;\y evident when the ki*_ng sits in ju;dg]ment . On`!e d/)(ay two harlot/s e[%ach clai)@m! ;to / =be mother ] \[=of ! * t]he same bab:=y. Solomo_,#n's deci _sion seems utterl%@y !+ cru]el he says($ that the c
*hi+ld sh]ould be cut  i[n _(two so ^]t) @hat each woman receives half. Solomo))n can now determine who the real mother is from he +.r r$+eaction\ s+
he will no_@\#t allo\;[w her _+child t//o be harmed%\\. Solomon hands t+%h^)e child bac_=k/%* to its:  tru- --e mother(% amid che[$e)+
rs o(.f approval. O[ne _;o\`=f )\-the mo]st important tasks handed down to Sol omon by #]h)$is +]!.father ;David_ is# buil.!ding t[*he [gre($[a@;t. Te^mple to h?_(ou: `#se the )Ark of the =+:C[oven-!,a^#nt. !%*?I
.-t has 
`/:to + be: lar!ger -`and ^more mag:`?nifi+(cent than all \+ other  temples in the wo$,#rld,]\[, and ;/Solomon-[ now sets about fulfill=?ing his fat#her's wish)]. .He p;laces Jeroboam in charge of the Isr$a_ %:eli!@te work$`e?r? _s as c ?*hief overseer. S/%eve
#n yea_rs later, t;he wor=*@k( is comple/t^;(ed. The expensi\ve-\),! ];@con #[_struction:% materials have been brought from ./far-_!off lands, _and the ^peop [le;@ o*f Israel have paid exceedi
?#ngly%!* high taxes w#i
thout complain^t in %[)*order to f inance the cons\! )tru%c-tion work!: . The Ark;%+ of\$ the Covenant can now final`l-y be _(taken to the Temple in a tr%]iumphant pro-cessi%. on! #. Af_\_ter
 so many years ;$o($f wa@\ndering, the Israelite,.(s' most. ) sacred possession now has a fixe[*d home o?(f its] own. People/%` stream !$to Jerusalem from acros\s the\ entire c+.[ou @ntry# to /,celebrate th(#e great day.#? Abishag, n.ow mar)ried:%+, co@*[mes t`=oo ?a;,n\d b$rings her; family_. Solom on @[has ! decided t+o min=^g!le among!( the people i^]n %disgu#@ise, and+) h`e@$] and Abishag ++a-re overjoyed whe^)*n ;they ac ciden,$t[?ally meet a :-]gain aft^( !er so many years. ;;/The T#emple makes Jerusalem an$:d i%ts king -:`famous throughout t`he world. Even the (.dark-/s:ki`!nne[@d (Queen _^of Sheb`]@a sets of+%f with a large reti$ nue! to vis it the ^%wise and cultiv_ate_- d S,,olomo!;!n and admire his ,magnifi cent ((_ci*]ty. The admiration?; , turns ou= t to:
 be mutual ?! Solomon, captiv.ated b+).y h@[er be$auty, - .falls .d;)e#eply in love with her. The .^ two ;of;!^]\ t,==hem :^-.hav[!#e a child, Mene_[(
lik, but one day the^ Queen of Sheba decides to :l eave. @@She do#.;e/s no!?t want Me#\ nel$ik to be deprived @ o%%f the re+gal d -ignity awai ting him in his , ho me c]o/-=untry. So#_-lomon stays behind, with`: a heav*_y [heart. The king has -.now achie-ve/d ev%%erything! ) he s*
et hi s heart on, bu%=;t w-it* h the passing of the years the:[. wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, s
[ keptical old man w]`ho regularly questions ; his) very exi!^.st/=en+,ce.) Materi@/al = th
.ings s,!@ eem t o represent t;
he only rea*`:lity for hi=$m:. He al(.so =%r.!efuses to adopt an] !y* +
kind o)!@*f steady( p=oli!; c+y, especi@^ all[;
y ^i+(n r*
eli
)g.^ ious ma- tters. With his foreign wives, Solomon ,*sacrifices /t:) ()o foreig+:n god$.s, and this incurs@ the w^+rath of@\ th.e priesthood. The loyal Jerobo._am* ap@_@pe-al # s to his k]?i`ng's conscience, *but ;to no avail. D[u!:#ri-];ng one of! . S
!ol_%omo:n's s/\
orties +in disgu=is.^^e among h]*@is p\[e\+ople-/, a$
simple farmer reminds him of the ?first #$$of t%,)he T](@en C(/]omma=;(.ndments revealed by t`;h$.e_ Lord to Mos@?es= Yo==u shall  have no !? o *ther gods .$befor[ e me. A)_t anoth] =er decisi ve - moment-, God Hi\m`$sel]]f s_. pe?(.aks+ to  So lomon an:d a`!=#nnounces the punish\?ment  @`for his sinfulne
$ss the k:`ingdom will @@?collapse after Solomon's death`?;. T he k%.@ing has grown old and we \+ary_;$. He ha/s l!ost touch with the people of Israel,  w?ho are suf!/f +er !ing 
.fro]\?m heavy taxatio?
n and f_\orced la?[bor\. Solomon has treated his long-standi@ng ^\compa(nio@! _n`^ #/J$` e]/ro`boam#), to
/ whom he entrusted the
+.. a]dministrat$)!`i on of the nort+`her
n t!ri=-;bes, (:wi%th#/) murd $?erous a#ng_ ? er ever;) since= \@a -,prophet predict.ed the? division o?.:f the /[kingdom to him. T:+he ! king no lon%=*?ger%* ..has the s:!_trength t/$?o ch`[ange  things -- ] -he just lea@/%ves them as they)! are. T\]he conse$@qu.](_ ences( .-+of t. his b?ecome ?clear $_ shortly afte?.,@r his death.%@ Solomon's son a_#\\nd\$ .successor R/.e!,#hoboam trea`ts th$/(e c#$!?ountr+*-?y ('s +?leader.%)s with arrogance\;@, and provo!kes the d[+i+?visi on of th]e kingdo `m into two .\pa?r`ts# #? =th( e onl(_ $y tri]? be *_ still loyal to hi#m is(`.. that of _!Judah+, while all t; h)e others unite under Jeroboa? =-m. The pro#?phecy has been fulfille;.%:d. ? The!* kingdo@[m: @%that Sol !.omon received %fr
om$ h?[is -father Davi/d\=;, and invest!%.ed w ith such m/ igh $t and magnificen$ce=, =@is) n(,ow divide\d.