Abiathar high priest in Jerusalem; Zadok in Gibeon. The descendants of Saul, except Mephibosheth, killed by the Gibeonites. David victorious over Moabites, Ammonites, and others. Revolt of Absalom. Sheba’s insurrection. =Solomon= anointed king by Nathan. 1015. Death of David; succession of Solomon. 1014. Solomon begins the first Temple. Zadok sole high priest. 1007. THE FIRST TEMPLE CONSECRATED. Solomon establishes a fleet. Roads built. Commerce extended. Foreign alliances. The kingdom at its greatest extent. Literature flourishes. Idolatry introduced. Rebellion of JEROBOAM. 977. Death of Solomon. VI. JUDAH AND ISRAEL UNTIL THE CAPTURE OF SAMARIA. (977-719 B. C. E.) (_See the Table of the Kings of Judah and Israel, p. 127._) =977.= Rehoboam king of Judah. Jeroboam king of Israel; rules at Shechem. Rehoboam allies himself with the king of Damascus. Shemaiah, prophet, averts a civil war. 972. Shishak, king of Egypt, ally of Jeroboam, enters Jerusalem. Jeroboam institutes calf-worship at Bethel and Dan; Ahijah prophet. 960. Abijam, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah. 957. Asa, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah. 955. Nadab, son of Jeroboam, king of Israel. 954. Baasha destroys the house of Jeroboam, and rules at Tirzah. Asa forbids the worship of Astarte in Judah. Baasha, assisted by Ethiopians and Syrians, makes war upon Asa. 933. Elah, son of Baasha, king of Israel. 932. The house of Baasha exterminated by Zimri. 932-928. Civil war between Omri and Tibni. 928. Omri, the first king in Samaria, introduces the worship of Baal and Astarte. Alliance between Israel and Phœnicia. Jezebel marries Ahab. 922. AHAB king of Israel. 920 (about). =Elijah= and the prophets persecuted by Jezebel. 918. Jehoshaphat king of Judah. Micah (I) (Michaiah) prophesies. 904. Ahab victorious over Ben-hadad II, king of Aram (Syria). Alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab. 901. Ahaziah, son of Ahab, king of Israel. 899. Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel. Jehoram and Jehoshaphat defeat Mesa of Moab.