--- title: King David and King Solomon — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «King David and King Solomon», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: David became Israel's greatest king: he made Jerusalem his capital and danced with joy before God, but he also did a terrible wrong wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / King David and King Solomon # King David and King Solomon Lesson 9 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/0/) — David became Israel's greatest king: he made Jerusalem his capital and danced with joy before God, but he also did a terrible wrong when he took Bathsheba, another man's wife, and arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed in battle. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/2/) — David's son Solomon, offered anything by God, asked for wisdom to rule well instead of riches, and he showed it when two women both claimed one baby: the real mother gave the baby up rather than let it be harmed. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/3/) — Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem, but in later life he turned to other gods and taxed his people heavily, and after him the kingdom split in two. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/4/) — For a child today this means: heroes can do wrong, an honest sorry is where change begins, a friend who tells you the truth is a gift, and wisdom has to be lived, not only known. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/5/) — David became Israel's greatest king and made Jerusalem his capital. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/6/) — David danced with joy before God when the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/7/) — David took Bathsheba, another man's wife, and arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed in battle. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/8/) — The prophet Nathan told David a story of a rich man stealing a poor man's lamb, then said «You are the man». - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/9/) — David admitted his sin, and Psalm 51 is the prayer of sorrow linked with him: «Create in me a clean heart, O God». - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/10/) — When God offered Solomon anything, he asked for wisdom to rule well, not riches or a long life, and God gave him riches as well. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/11/) — Two women claimed one baby; Solomon ordered it cut in half, and the true mother gave it up to save its life. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/12/) — Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem as a house for worshipping God, yet he prayed that even the heavens cannot contain God, much less a house. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/13/) — In later life Solomon turned to other gods and taxed his people heavily. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/14/) — After Solomon the kingdom split into Israel in the north and Judah in the south. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/15/) — Christians believe that God forgives people who truly repent, even after great wrongs. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/16/) — Historians debate how large and rich the kingdoms of David and Solomon really were; this is disputed. - ← previous: [Ruth, and David and Goliath](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/) - next →: [Daniel, Jonah and the prophets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)