Excerpt from The Works of Flavius Josephus, Vol. 2: Antiquities of the Jews, Books VII-XIII Chap. I. How Solomon, when he had received the Kingdom, took off his Enemies 72 Chap. II. Concerning the Wife of Solomon, and his Wisdom and Riches, and what he obtained of Hiram for the building of the Temple 75 Chap. III. Of the Building of the Temple Chap. IV. How Solomon removed the Ark to the Temple, and made Supplication to God and offered public Sacrifices to him 88 Chap. V. How Solomon built himself a royal Pa'lace, very costly and Splendid 3 and how be solved the Rid dles which were sent him by Hiram 94 Chap. VI. How Solomon fortified the City of Jerusalem, and built great Cities: and how he brought some of the Canaanites into Subjection, and entertained the Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia 98 Chap. VII. How Solomon grew rich, and fell madly in love with Women, and how God, being incensed at it, raised up Hadad and Jeroboam against him. Concerning the Death of Solomon 103. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.