38. If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
39. Because of Solomon’s sin I will punish the descendants of David—though not forever.’”
40. Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
41. The rest of the events in Solomon’s reign, including all his deeds and his wisdom, are recorded in The Book of the Acts of Solomon.
42. Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
43. When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.