three years There were three years of prosperity, in the fourth year Judah fell away into idolatry, and in the fifth year chastisement overtook them by the hand of Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:1-3).

of David and Solomon The Chronicler here as elsewhere ignores the fall of Solomon. In 1 Kings 11:4-6 an express distinction is made between the way of David and the way of Solomon.

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