所罗.],门

《所罗.],门》讲述的是什么故事？

《所罗.],门》Da*vid, now+ an+_ .o@#]ld ma*.n, is st^ill king of Israel.* Am\)=ong hi;^]s sons, the( amb[_itious Adonij!ah and the* clever`@ Sol]=o%*mon. Th._.e two y=oung me!`n a: re fierce rivals, since  both are pro\spective h`#@eirs to the t_@:hr@^ one an:d; only o ne can b,)e successful. Du
rin[:g; a hunting e/.! xpeditio^]n, Adonijah *challenges[ hi s younger bro/th er Solo`mon to a chariot race. . While Solomon, thou!gh=/@ b:@/r,+ave, st#ill!:? #/$@r*= etains a modicum of;^? c-(aution, t@/he daredevil Adoni!?jah is :eager to win at ;%all$ c[osts -- a^?nd loses [=co n%trol of h(?_;is c har:-iot. ^(Solomon tak(;e$s th
:\e se-r.iously?/` %injured #.Ado? `nijah b(ack to \ Jerusalem. [*On t/[he wa`:.
y =_ there they m?_:eet the attracti( v`!e \Abishag, who des@pite her youth is #versed /*in % the use o#+_f healing herbs.
+ S he actu)al ;[(ly% s:_ucc%%eeds in help- [/ing the prince. ] Adonijah falls in love wi)t:h =Abish,=ag -- but +?Bathsheba +arrang]es th[ings so% that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty ?[:_and her h
-ealing(] p ow#+ ers] will soothe the old king's suffer.,i=+ng. Sev%=-:e.
.ral@# mem(bers of the influentia@l priestho?od a-=nd also  *the? respecte[*[d arm, y general Joab, who.\ s$,erved David #`loy %ally for m$any yea^rs, %-support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though,$? Da! vi/ # d has still n `o@t ?made a:*.,ny dec=^i^])sion with regard to _;^*a po tentia[l su ! ccessor. The battle-ex pe(rien?
_ced[* Joab rega!/$rds Solomon as an i;^ ndecisive we;.ak;-l:[ing`, un`?@der whose lead[ership the kingd: om
`? -:would s:oon fall *,apart. When the pr#]ophet Nathan f inds out(
 about A]d-)[onijah's c^ ]ons;$#pi racy he informs Bat/!hsheba and Solo^
mon, who urge Davi d to ?-take im`!mediate _!-acti,=o _n. And so it comes to p: =ass that prepar@#ations to anoin:#.t t!]
?he future / k
ing: of  Isr`ael .$#are made bo+th at the Sp(-ring of E =nro gel(, where 
;+\Adonijah , and his men? /)%a,re e
ncamped,!#+ as w/#e[l*;!l as i]\n Jerusal]!em. Th;e festi$%ve processio!:n \(for Ado,nij`;ah has already been assembled and the peo^ple ^entice:d w]ith deli/.
c:?ious de,licacie^`=,s to cheer him on, whe=n the news of Solomon' :s co=r@@onati*`o+)/-n reaches Enrogel_) . The
 p++e@%o
 +ple pr )@omp-tly. ackn,ow,ledge the )% $will of King- David and st*re$@ am off to Jerusalem in their hor?des to gr):ee,*t\^ S olomon, their future ruler. Ad^onijah (`$rema)`ins behi+nd with a,# handful of loyal followe.?rs. He realizes tha t he =*:has lost -=_$- for the t.(#ime being. Humbly he pla ces%_ h*_?is life #i;n_ h[(is brother's+ hands.; Adonijah i,s forgiven on o%] _ne condit$*i,`on that he always rema_-(ins loyal _to his brother Solomo n. The great King Dav?id is dead,  !and hi s/@[ son Solomon.-? has \succee,ded him as the rightful rul er .$of *!I.s*%rael. Adoni!#(jah now\;/_. has a requ-est to make of Baths`heba he wan]ts t]o marry Abi^sh%ag. Solomon hears about th[,#is#/ s@/e #emin@
#gly inn) =ocent wish, and reco- gnizes it as a/ rene*-!w e@;d-(  plo y on b@ehalf of [!his ?[?%broth@er t=)o rec *.la:im the?_ thr
*one -- Adon=ija)^h's`= `,marriage to th!e l#^@ast woman !$to sha_re Ki ng D_avid@'s bed wou \ld stre?=_ng -`^then h=?is political posi`%t !ion conside$ra bly. Solomon knows ) % th %a*t he has to); act qu?ickly and decisively if he is t,o secur//%e ^[!his own ^;po];_@we@ r;. H[e^ has hi\.[\s brot+her= Adonijah and \th (e lat/$te`r's @#closes--t a=ssociate Joab][ execu#^ted. After= this ra -di*(`cal decision, Solomon ,
with^dr% aws to present sa
c
rifices.[[,[ -I.!n !:a dream %?the Lord appears to him and; :grants him the fulfillment of a! wi._s h, what%;)e ver it?  may be. Solomon me[**rely asks% for wi- sdo\[m -- ;)in orde!(r t=[o =bec!ome a g %ood #!ruler and -ju^\\d-,ge. War with%$ Egypt is % loom];ing.$( !To a-#rm;; his kingdom a,`)g\( ainst](_ t. he._)// territorial /_ambitio/ns of $it,`s powerfu^l $ne/^ighbo\++rs,+? Solomon] , n` *$ot o.\nly introduces [/several -@reforms but al;!s:o
* dec?i! de,s to marry the daugh`-ter .of the pharao/?h. The Egyptian pr`+^incess d:oes not$. + remain Sol)
-omo-n's_
^ only wi\fe, however as t ((i/me go!es by th^e king marri-\es numero us nobl@ e w,(ome ;]n= ))+ f))rom many different [co@$untries for _=p(oli*%,t\ical and[  ,+e-conomic reasons. ,^*[]In this way? he pre serves =;peac;+e-\ for his people!?, and create;)s great ,+pr /os(* perity. By allowing ^?the women #_to; continu`e practici,_$ng+@ th`.;#eir domestic customs and@\ re:l`i` ^gi ?ous ritual
s in Jerusalem as we?=%l
;l, he\ comes into@ re,gular conf%)li)?ct wit,(h` the priestho!\od%/,;\ w*ho s*) ee t@$he f#+(-(o[-reign religi=%]?ons+[* a s e=_nd,*.ang*/*e,-ring .!Israel's sole covenant w #ith the Lor/d. The w\[isdom granted to Solo mon by+@ God bec@-omes f u /,lly evi)=^d/#;::ent when the king s_ its in] 
jud+:gment. ^On
%e d!:; ay `:two harlots ^ea;^]$c` h cla!im to [%be mother of @.the/-\ same ba=by\. Sol?omon's\` decisio`n seems utterly  cruel he says that the child ;(@sho ,`?uld be cut in two= so that each woman receives half. Solomo(([(n can no;w det(^ermine
$ who t(@he real
\ 
mother is) (from her reac,+%\tion she$^ w$,ill not 
[allow h.^er ch,il d to). ;^-be harm+@]ed. Solo-^mon h^an-.ds the chil
_d back 
to its%`( true m==other amid( ch?
eers of approval. One of the most%, importa_n!t t*asks hand@ed do!wn `@? to !S-^o.lomon by?.! his father: \,David is buil =ding t#(.he g/r [eat Te);\mple % to hous!
(e th?=e# Ark o^f the )Coven(a!]nt. .It has? *%+to be l+arger\
 and m:o`*re magnificent than all o!ther te-
mpl\es in the wor(
ld, and )Solomon now sets about fulfil_ling his father
;'. =s [w [ish . He plac^@e)s J
eroboam in cha/@*r*g$e of t.)%he Israelite workers a*? s chief ov::e$.rseer. S;%e ven@* ? ye% )a;rs l;:.a*?) ter, th@e work i@! s comple; ted.
*$The expensiv(+e co@)#nstructi]on material*.s have: bee+n brought +f : `rom far-off lands$#;, a nd the people of Israel$(^ .have@;%= @pa,\(id ex-ceedingly high tax;
es wit@hout ! com@(plaint in order@- to finan ce the@] constr#uctio%!/n wor!k. The Ark of:! the Covenant\\_ ca.n no.^$w finall,y be +_taken to;: the Temple; ;$i/)n :@
a triumph(ant% pr#:
ocession#,,. Af`!ter ].so / ma;#_.n ^y ye?,ar(s of ,_ wandering,.= the# Israelites' most#/ sac%\.red possess_?i*n n;[ow %has a fixed home of +it[s  ow
n%. Peo)#ple stream @to Jeru`[--salem from?, acro =(ss [?(the enti:^re`.$ country to
 cel@ebrate the gre )at day. Abishag, )now 
marri%+ed, comes to$o a.?;nd brings he.((r fa?mi^ly. Solomon ++h]([as decided to mingle a mon@[g the people in disguis_e, and he (;%a*nd ().Abishag?  are overj@:.]oyed when they a[ccidental#ly+; meet agai@!n ! ;af_ter so many y\(?ea;#rs. %The )]Temple^% m\akes Jer\usalem an+d its king= famous \thr,;oughout the world.
Even t!h%e dark-skinned Q ueen of Sheba se.#ts off with\% (a lar_ge ret$\inu$;e to vis%_i ]_t^ the ; wis?=*-e and cul
tiva_t(??ed S)*olomon and admire his magn
 if#icent c$$ ity. $The admirati$)on turn
s out _  to !*be mut)ual So \]lomon_\., captiva.+ted by her beauty, falls ] deeply^ in love wit [h h#_er . The two of them have$\ a chi;ld(,., =,Menelik, but on=e day the Queen o)]f] She=[ba dec-ide $s to l)`eave. She does n\ot`- want -Menelik _#to be deprived o f @*@
t-?he /#`regal dignit`y aw@ =
aiting him?@] in his home cou=\+ntry.
 Solomon stays be=\h, =ind, wit  h a heav`\y heart-\
!. The king has now a chieved everything h/e #$@s)et =hi_ s h+.:eart : on, ,!_ but wi*_+th )+ the`:? p%@assin
,*g= of the^? ye$a$rs t;%$he wise Solomon g!, raduall$?y become s a melancholy, s=@_k:=-e:@`,#ptic(!al old m$ an who reg */ularl;+^.y@)  questio.n)!s his very existence. ?Materia#-?[$l things seem *to represent th]e only reality for h:/ im.] He;\ also refu=^.se``s t(,o adopt any kind @of steady policy, especially in religious matt/e]rs (.[# Wi th his^=
 fo:%reign wiv),`es, Sol-*omon @@%sacrifices t/o foreign;- god(s,:
: ]and th?_is incurs the wrath  of. $ the?_, pr%iesthood:. The  loyal Jeroboam appeals to his ki?ng's c.o!]nscience;%.$:, but to n]o a,va?il. During^ one of .Solomon's sorties in di,$]sguise +among , hi?-s pe(@ ople, a! s.impl?$e? fa\;rme_=r reminds him o.`#f the % fi`r/[#st of the Ten =Command+`=,m[(/ents revealed by the Lord to Moses You] s%hall h[^ a\@ve no ^%other gods; !*before me]?.^. At another d?ecisi!]ve m/oment, God
! Hi `,ms elf s`[/peaks to Solomon and announces th@:/e punish:!ment for his.- sinfulnes^+]s#? the kin(;gdom will collaps))e afte:(r Solomon's death%?:. The king has gr$/own o+%ld and weary. H(/e has lost ),
;touch. with t-[he:@
p`eople of Israel, who are sufferi_
=ng from heavy
$ taxation and for/ced labor
%.  Solomon has treated %`h
)%is l\+ong-standi #ng companion Jer+oboam, t_o whom he e\!_ntru]]sted t`#he ad? min;. !istra@tion/_@ of th!$e n _]; ort_:^h[ern tribe]s%%
[, with mur?+derous ang er eve
-r s`i nce a pro%$phet predi/-ct?=.ed the d+ivision of ?=_th] ]e ki.=ngdom :to #?-him.# *The]* king no l@onger ha.;s t[ he ?st`[reng ^t%h to ,chang@*/e _things -- he just $-leaves /t*hem as -]they ar/\]e*. ;@,[Th@$#+e consequenc$?-,.es of this b`eco[me ,clear shortly aft?;er h,/=`i! _s  $death. Solo [mo#:n's son ;`a* nd successor ;^Rehoboa#**m tr ;+%eats t%h+*e country's leaders with# arrogance%, and provokes the division o#f the `,ki[ngdom i$=`nto two p
- arts @t=he only tribe still lo]ya?[,l to him ;#is tha t o -f Judah, while all the` other(*,s unite under Jerob/oa@?m ). The prophecy has be]en fulf(
illed;(. [The :`k/?`ingdom 
that Solom(on received from h! is father David, and ]invested%? with such might an?=d mag)*`n=ificence%(, i
++s now divided.

一、《所罗.],门》是哪一年上映的？

《所罗.],门》是罗杰·扬于1997年拍摄的一部经典剧情片。此片开创美国当代剧情片的先河，《所罗.],门》上映时票房稳坐前三，创下当年纪录。当时Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox均为最佳主角，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox以精彩演技和突出形象，奠定在美国影坛地位。Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox饰演角色造型多年后仍为人所模仿。罗杰·扬之前曾被人怀疑其能力，而《所罗.],门》却奠定罗杰·扬剧情片风格。《所罗.],门》首映时曾获海外剧情片和媒体广泛称誉，被认为其优秀程度，是足以与同时期（指1997年代）美国（美国）优秀剧情片齐名。

二、被称为剧情片的开先河之作的《所罗.],门》，是罗杰·扬最好的作品吗?

从罗杰·扬斩获剧情片最佳导演 我就觉得这部《所罗.],门》是他最好的剧情片。虽然罗杰·扬后来还拍出来了评价特别好的剧情片，但是《所罗.],门》是他剧情片的代表作品。

三、《所罗.],门》为什么可以成为经典？

提起美国，人们就肯定会说出《所罗.],门》的名字。这部由罗杰·扬导演，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox主演的《所罗.],门》，在当时，真的是成为了一匹黑马，杀出了一条血路，创造了一个奇迹。为何会这么说，我想，就连罗杰·扬导演和Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox，都没想到这部剧情片会得到这样好的反响。罗杰·扬先生曾说过，这是一群失意的人凑到了一起创作出来的一部作品。因为在《所罗.],门》开拍之前，Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox已经有几年年无戏可拍，而Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox主演的剧情片，票房始终不理想，这样的几个人凑在了一起，也真是缘分！所以，正是这样的失意感和强烈的自尊心，他们在剧情片中投入的热情，是我们难以想象的，其实《所罗.],门》中的人物心理历程和感人的剧情，何尝不是现实中他们的真实写照呢？所以，他们怀着一腔心有不甘的英雄气，用他们的实力和人情成就了这部经典剧情片，也成就了他们自己！

四、如何评价《所罗.],门》?

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五、《所罗.],门》剧情片的主要内容

《所罗.],门》是一部剧情片剧情片，由导演：罗杰·扬执导，主演：Ben,Cross,Anouk,Aimée,Vivica,A.,Fox

《所罗.],门》Da*vid, now+ an+_ .o@#]ld ma*.n, is st^ill king of Israel.* Am\)=ong hi;^]s sons, the( amb[_itious Adonij!ah and the* clever`@ Sol]=o%*mon. Th._.e two y=oung me!`n a: re fierce rivals, since  both are pro\spective h`#@eirs to the t_@:hr@^ one an:d; only o ne can b,)e successful. Du
rin[:g; a hunting e/.! xpeditio^]n, Adonijah *challenges[ hi s younger bro/th er Solo`mon to a chariot race. . While Solomon, thou!gh=/@ b:@/r,+ave, st#ill!:? #/$@r*= etains a modicum of;^? c-(aution, t@/he daredevil Adoni!?jah is :eager to win at ;%all$ c[osts -- a^?nd loses [=co n%trol of h(?_;is c har:-iot. ^(Solomon tak(;e$s th
:\e se-r.iously?/` %injured #.Ado? `nijah b(ack to \ Jerusalem. [*On t/[he wa`:.
y =_ there they m?_:eet the attracti( v`!e \Abishag, who des@pite her youth is #versed /*in % the use o#+_f healing herbs.
+ S he actu)al ;[(ly% s:_ucc%%eeds in help- [/ing the prince. ] Adonijah falls in love wi)t:h =Abish,=ag -- but +?Bathsheba +arrang]es th[ings so% that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty ?[:_and her h
-ealing(] p ow#+ ers] will soothe the old king's suffer.,i=+ng. Sev%=-:e.
.ral@# mem(bers of the influentia@l priestho?od a-=nd also  *the? respecte[*[d arm, y general Joab, who.\ s$,erved David #`loy %ally for m$any yea^rs, %-support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though,$? Da! vi/ # d has still n `o@t ?made a:*.,ny dec=^i^])sion with regard to _;^*a po tentia[l su ! ccessor. The battle-ex pe(rien?
_ced[* Joab rega!/$rds Solomon as an i;^ ndecisive we;.ak;-l:[ing`, un`?@der whose lead[ership the kingd: om
`? -:would s:oon fall *,apart. When the pr#]ophet Nathan f inds out(
 about A]d-)[onijah's c^ ]ons;$#pi racy he informs Bat/!hsheba and Solo^
mon, who urge Davi d to ?-take im`!mediate _!-acti,=o _n. And so it comes to p: =ass that prepar@#ations to anoin:#.t t!]
?he future / k
ing: of  Isr`ael .$#are made bo+th at the Sp(-ring of E =nro gel(, where 
;+\Adonijah , and his men? /)%a,re e
ncamped,!#+ as w/#e[l*;!l as i]\n Jerusal]!em. Th;e festi$%ve processio!:n \(for Ado,nij`;ah has already been assembled and the peo^ple ^entice:d w]ith deli/.
c:?ious de,licacie^`=,s to cheer him on, whe=n the news of Solomon' :s co=r@@onati*`o+)/-n reaches Enrogel_) . The
 p++e@%o
 +ple pr )@omp-tly. ackn,ow,ledge the )% $will of King- David and st*re$@ am off to Jerusalem in their hor?des to gr):ee,*t\^ S olomon, their future ruler. Ad^onijah (`$rema)`ins behi+nd with a,# handful of loyal followe.?rs. He realizes tha t he =*:has lost -=_$- for the t.(#ime being. Humbly he pla ces%_ h*_?is life #i;n_ h[(is brother's+ hands.; Adonijah i,s forgiven on o%] _ne condit$*i,`on that he always rema_-(ins loyal _to his brother Solomo n. The great King Dav?id is dead,  !and hi s/@[ son Solomon.-? has \succee,ded him as the rightful rul er .$of *!I.s*%rael. Adoni!#(jah now\;/_. has a requ-est to make of Baths`heba he wan]ts t]o marry Abi^sh%ag. Solomon hears about th[,#is#/ s@/e #emin@
#gly inn) =ocent wish, and reco- gnizes it as a/ rene*-!w e@;d-(  plo y on b@ehalf of [!his ?[?%broth@er t=)o rec *.la:im the?_ thr
*one -- Adon=ija)^h's`= `,marriage to th!e l#^@ast woman !$to sha_re Ki ng D_avid@'s bed wou \ld stre?=_ng -`^then h=?is political posi`%t !ion conside$ra bly. Solomon knows ) % th %a*t he has to); act qu?ickly and decisively if he is t,o secur//%e ^[!his own ^;po];_@we@ r;. H[e^ has hi\.[\s brot+her= Adonijah and \th (e lat/$te`r's @#closes--t a=ssociate Joab][ execu#^ted. After= this ra -di*(`cal decision, Solomon ,
with^dr% aws to present sa
c
rifices.[[,[ -I.!n !:a dream %?the Lord appears to him and; :grants him the fulfillment of a! wi._s h, what%;)e ver it?  may be. Solomon me[**rely asks% for wi- sdo\[m -- ;)in orde!(r t=[o =bec!ome a g %ood #!ruler and -ju^\\d-,ge. War with%$ Egypt is % loom];ing.$( !To a-#rm;; his kingdom a,`)g\( ainst](_ t. he._)// territorial /_ambitio/ns of $it,`s powerfu^l $ne/^ighbo\++rs,+? Solomon] , n` *$ot o.\nly introduces [/several -@reforms but al;!s:o
* dec?i! de,s to marry the daugh`-ter .of the pharao/?h. The Egyptian pr`+^incess d:oes not$. + remain Sol)
-omo-n's_
^ only wi\fe, however as t ((i/me go!es by th^e king marri-\es numero us nobl@ e w,(ome ;]n= ))+ f))rom many different [co@$untries for _=p(oli*%,t\ical and[  ,+e-conomic reasons. ,^*[]In this way? he pre serves =;peac;+e-\ for his people!?, and create;)s great ,+pr /os(* perity. By allowing ^?the women #_to; continu`e practici,_$ng+@ th`.;#eir domestic customs and@\ re:l`i` ^gi ?ous ritual
s in Jerusalem as we?=%l
;l, he\ comes into@ re,gular conf%)li)?ct wit,(h` the priestho!\od%/,;\ w*ho s*) ee t@$he f#+(-(o[-reign religi=%]?ons+[* a s e=_nd,*.ang*/*e,-ring .!Israel's sole covenant w #ith the Lor/d. The w\[isdom granted to Solo mon by+@ God bec@-omes f u /,lly evi)=^d/#;::ent when the king s_ its in] 
jud+:gment. ^On
%e d!:; ay `:two harlots ^ea;^]$c` h cla!im to [%be mother of @.the/-\ same ba=by\. Sol?omon's\` decisio`n seems utterly  cruel he says that the child ;(@sho ,`?uld be cut in two= so that each woman receives half. Solomo(([(n can no;w det(^ermine
$ who t(@he real
\ 
mother is) (from her reac,+%\tion she$^ w$,ill not 
[allow h.^er ch,il d to). ;^-be harm+@]ed. Solo-^mon h^an-.ds the chil
_d back 
to its%`( true m==other amid( ch?
eers of approval. One of the most%, importa_n!t t*asks hand@ed do!wn `@? to !S-^o.lomon by?.! his father: \,David is buil =ding t#(.he g/r [eat Te);\mple % to hous!
(e th?=e# Ark o^f the )Coven(a!]nt. .It has? *%+to be l+arger\
 and m:o`*re magnificent than all o!ther te-
mpl\es in the wor(
ld, and )Solomon now sets about fulfil_ling his father
;'. =s [w [ish . He plac^@e)s J
eroboam in cha/@*r*g$e of t.)%he Israelite workers a*? s chief ov::e$.rseer. S;%e ven@* ? ye% )a;rs l;:.a*?) ter, th@e work i@! s comple; ted.
*$The expensiv(+e co@)#nstructi]on material*.s have: bee+n brought +f : `rom far-off lands$#;, a nd the people of Israel$(^ .have@;%= @pa,\(id ex-ceedingly high tax;
es wit@hout ! com@(plaint in order@- to finan ce the@] constr#uctio%!/n wor!k. The Ark of:! the Covenant\\_ ca.n no.^$w finall,y be +_taken to;: the Temple; ;$i/)n :@
a triumph(ant% pr#:
ocession#,,. Af`!ter ].so / ma;#_.n ^y ye?,ar(s of ,_ wandering,.= the# Israelites' most#/ sac%\.red possess_?i*n n;[ow %has a fixed home of +it[s  ow
n%. Peo)#ple stream @to Jeru`[--salem from?, acro =(ss [?(the enti:^re`.$ country to
 cel@ebrate the gre )at day. Abishag, )now 
marri%+ed, comes to$o a.?;nd brings he.((r fa?mi^ly. Solomon ++h]([as decided to mingle a mon@[g the people in disguis_e, and he (;%a*nd ().Abishag?  are overj@:.]oyed when they a[ccidental#ly+; meet agai@!n ! ;af_ter so many y\(?ea;#rs. %The )]Temple^% m\akes Jer\usalem an+d its king= famous \thr,;oughout the world.
Even t!h%e dark-skinned Q ueen of Sheba se.#ts off with\% (a lar_ge ret$\inu$;e to vis%_i ]_t^ the ; wis?=*-e and cul
tiva_t(??ed S)*olomon and admire his magn
 if#icent c$$ ity. $The admirati$)on turn
s out _  to !*be mut)ual So \]lomon_\., captiva.+ted by her beauty, falls ] deeply^ in love wit [h h#_er . The two of them have$\ a chi;ld(,., =,Menelik, but on=e day the Queen o)]f] She=[ba dec-ide $s to l)`eave. She does n\ot`- want -Menelik _#to be deprived o f @*@
t-?he /#`regal dignit`y aw@ =
aiting him?@] in his home cou=\+ntry.
 Solomon stays be=\h, =ind, wit  h a heav`\y heart-\
!. The king has now a chieved everything h/e #$@s)et =hi_ s h+.:eart : on, ,!_ but wi*_+th )+ the`:? p%@assin
,*g= of the^? ye$a$rs t;%$he wise Solomon g!, raduall$?y become s a melancholy, s=@_k:=-e:@`,#ptic(!al old m$ an who reg */ularl;+^.y@)  questio.n)!s his very existence. ?Materia#-?[$l things seem *to represent th]e only reality for h:/ im.] He;\ also refu=^.se``s t(,o adopt any kind @of steady policy, especially in religious matt/e]rs (.[# Wi th his^=
 fo:%reign wiv),`es, Sol-*omon @@%sacrifices t/o foreign;- god(s,:
: ]and th?_is incurs the wrath  of. $ the?_, pr%iesthood:. The  loyal Jeroboam appeals to his ki?ng's c.o!]nscience;%.$:, but to n]o a,va?il. During^ one of .Solomon's sorties in di,$]sguise +among , hi?-s pe(@ ople, a! s.impl?$e? fa\;rme_=r reminds him o.`#f the % fi`r/[#st of the Ten =Command+`=,m[(/ents revealed by the Lord to Moses You] s%hall h[^ a\@ve no ^%other gods; !*before me]?.^. At another d?ecisi!]ve m/oment, God
! Hi `,ms elf s`[/peaks to Solomon and announces th@:/e punish:!ment for his.- sinfulnes^+]s#? the kin(;gdom will collaps))e afte:(r Solomon's death%?:. The king has gr$/own o+%ld and weary. H(/e has lost ),
;touch. with t-[he:@
p`eople of Israel, who are sufferi_
=ng from heavy
$ taxation and for/ced labor
%.  Solomon has treated %`h
)%is l\+ong-standi #ng companion Jer+oboam, t_o whom he e\!_ntru]]sted t`#he ad? min;. !istra@tion/_@ of th!$e n _]; ort_:^h[ern tribe]s%%
[, with mur?+derous ang er eve
-r s`i nce a pro%$phet predi/-ct?=.ed the d+ivision of ?=_th] ]e ki.=ngdom :to #?-him.# *The]* king no l@onger ha.;s t[ he ?st`[reng ^t%h to ,chang@*/e _things -- he just $-leaves /t*hem as -]they ar/\]e*. ;@,[Th@$#+e consequenc$?-,.es of this b`eco[me ,clear shortly aft?;er h,/=`i! _s  $death. Solo [mo#:n's son ;`a* nd successor ;^Rehoboa#**m tr ;+%eats t%h+*e country's leaders with# arrogance%, and provokes the division o#f the `,ki[ngdom i$=`nto two p
- arts @t=he only tribe still lo]ya?[,l to him ;#is tha t o -f Judah, while all the` other(*,s unite under Jerob/oa@?m ). The prophecy has be]en fulf(
illed;(. [The :`k/?`ingdom 
that Solom(on received from h! is father David, and ]invested%? with such might an?=d mag)*`n=ificence%(, i
++s now divided.