38. If you live right and obey all my commands as David did, I will be with you and make your family a family of kings, just as I did for David. And you will have Israel as your kingdom.
39. I will punish David’s descendants because of what Solomon did, but not forever.’”
40. Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam ran away to Egypt. He went to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
41. Everything else Solomon did, from the beginning to the end, is written in the book, The History of Solomon.
42. Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for 40 years.