37. Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want.
38. If you obey me completely, live by my laws, and win my approval by doing what I command, as my servant David did, I will always be with you. I will make you king of Israel and will make sure that your descendants rule after you, just as I have done for David.
39. Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David, but not for all time.’ ”
40. And so Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he escaped to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon's death.
41. Everything else that Solomon did, his career and his wisdom, are all recorded in The History of Solomon.
42. He was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
43. He died and was buried in David's City, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.