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When David had ordered all these
officers after the manner before mentioned, he called the rulers of the
Hebrews, and their heads of tribes, and the officers over the several divisions,
and those that were appointed over every work, and every possession; and
standing upon a high pulpit, he said to the multitude as follows: "My
brethren and my people, I would have you know that I intended to build
a house for God, and prepared a large quantity of gold, and a hundred thousand
talents of silver; but God prohibited me by the prophet Nathan, because
of the wars I had on your account, and because my right hand was polluted
with the slaughter of our enemies; but he commanded that my son, who was
to succeed me in the kingdom, should build a temple for him. Now therefore,
since you know that of the twelve sons whom Jacob our forefather had Judah
was appointed to be king, and that I was preferred before my six brethren,
and received the government from God, and that none of them were uneasy
at it, so do I also desire that my sons be not seditious one against another,
now Solomon has received the kingdom, but to bear him cheerfully for their
lord, as knowing that God hath chosen him; for it is not a grievous thing
to obey even a foreigner as a ruler, if it be God's will, but it is fit
to rejoice when a brother hath obtained that dignity, since the rest partake
of it with him. And I pray that the promises of God may be fulfilled; and
that this happiness which he hath promised to bestow upon king Solomon,
over all the country, may continue therein for all time to come. And these
promises O son, will be firm, and come to a happy end, if thou showest
thyself to be a religious and a righteous man, and an observer of the laws
of thy country; but if not, expect adversity upon thy disobedience to them."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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