Excerpt from The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Vol. 5: Socket-Zuzim; Indexes The age of S. At his accession is unknown. The expression in 1 K 3 7 is not, of course to be taken literally (otherwise Ant, VIII, vii, 5. Closing His reign opened, like that of many an Days of oriental monarch, with a settlement in David blood of the accounts of the previous reign. Joab, David's nephew who had brought the house within the bounds of blood revenge, was executed. Adonijah, as soon as his father had breathed his last, was on a nominal charge put to death. Abiathar was relegated to his home at Anathoth (l K 2 Conditions were imposed on Shimei which he failed to keep and so forfeited his life (2 36 ff). These steps having been taken, S. Began his reign, as it were, with a clean slate. 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.