Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: The Royal Web Site of Solomon King of Israel, Man of Wisdom My Kingdom and My Reign I am the third king of Israel, the son of David who was king after Saul. Under my reign, Israel has prospered and gained renown throughout the world. We have been free of war and conflict. My mother was Bathsheba. She was very beautiful. But my father sinned in taking her as his wife. As a result their first child died. I was their second child. God forgave my father, and as a sign of that forgiveness Nathan, the court prophet, gave me the nickname Jedidiah, which means "loved by God." When my father became old and ill, his oldest son Adonijah tried to take over the throne. My mother ran to wam David about the plan. David decided that I should be king, as my mother and Nathan had advised. He ordered that I ...