Bathsheba's Son

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David seventeen sons gather at the royal court and they all claimants to the throne. Among them there was a mere boy, according to Jewish legend, barely 12 years old his name is Solomon. Solomon's mother Bathsheba approaches the frail king's bedside and she said unto him “my lord you swore to your servant by the lord your God saying your son Solomon shall succeed me as king and shall sit on my throne.” (first king 1:17). David has many sons that wants to inherit the throne, but he fulfill Bathsheba's wishes and the David announce Solomon as the KIng of Israel. This announcement created a rage even more than that Solomon’s half brother attempts to dethrone and reclaim himself the new king, but Solomon punishes his half brother to death.
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