David died on Shabbat [(see Shabbat 31, 1)]. He died during the mincha [prayer] on Shabbat [(Zohar Terumah). And the Tosafot Chagigah (17, 2) write in the name of the Yerushalmi, chapter 2 of Chagigah, halacha 2: "He died on Atzeret [Shavuot], and all Israel mourned, and they offered [sacrifices] the next day. And it does not contradict that it was on Shabbat" (see there).

And in the Rashal, Parshat Emor, he wrote: "But in Tractate Yadan it seems it does not contradict that he died on Shabbat - it can be explained that he died on the 6th [of Sivan] on Atzeret" (see there)].

It is written [in Seder Hadoros 15, 2]: Josephus, section 67, chapter 12, says that Shlomo placed in the grave of David his father a large sum of silver and gold. And after 1,300 years, Hyrcanus took out 3,000 talents of silver for Antiochus, and likewise afterward Herod did. And no one entered the grave. After days, Herod wanted to enter - he secretly sent at night two youths, and they died at the entrance of the grave.

Fire came out and burned the youths, and he fled. And afterward he built a beautiful building over the grave. And with all this, from then on all his deeds turned out badly. [It is written in Sefer Mas'ot Binyamin:] This was 15 years after the wall of their house of prayer fell, which stood on Mount Zion, and the priest, the Patriarch, commanded to take stones from the buildings that stood there from before to repair the house of prayer.

And they dug and found a large stone, and they brought it and saw a door to a cave, and they opened it and saw a building on pillars of marble covered with gold and silver, and a table with a golden crown upon it and two closed chests. And when they wanted to enter, a storm wind came out of the cave upon them, and they fell to the ground and did not stand until evening time. And afterward a voice came out as if speaking with a human voice: "Stand and go from here." And it appeared to them as if they were being pushed from there, and they fell for several days sick from the great fear.

And they told the priest, and he immediately commanded to repair it as it was. And there is the burial of David, and to the left is the grave of Shlomo and the rest of the kings of Yehuda [(see there)].

Shlomo reigned at age 12, in Year 2924, 435 years from the Exodus of Egypt. [(And in Yuchsin, Discourse 5, Time 5, it is written 480 years - that is an error, and in accordance with his system, see Year 2884.)] And he lived 52 years, for he reigned forty years [as stated in Sifri. Shlomo and Shmuel - their names are equal], so he reigned at age 12 [and see Tractate Moeid Katan (28). And in Temurah (15) it states that David reigned 37 years until Avshalom rebelled, and Shlomo was at that time age 7, as stated in 278 of the Sanhedrin - so he was 12 years old when his father died.

And it can be explained that the incident of Avshalom was in the eighth year, and afterward there were three peaceful years, and he entered in year 12 - and there were shortened years (Zohar, Parshat Toldot)].

Three [women who were harlots (see Year 2226)].

It is written [in Seder Hadoros 69, Seder Olam:] From when Shlomo reigned until the destruction of the First Temple was 432 years, nine months, and ten days. And in Sefer Yashen it is found that the truth is 413 years, six months, and 12 days, and so it is concluded. This is because the destruction was in Year 3338, which is 414 years. Also, it states that David died on Atzeret [Shavuot], and then Shlomo reigned, as mentioned above.

And the destruction was on the 17th [of Tammuz] - so how can there be 9 months or 6 months between them, and this is easy to understand. And perhaps from the day that Tzadok the Kohen anointed him, as explained at the beginning of Melachim, his reign is counted, even though David was still alive.

It is written [in BeHaDi:] In Tiberias, at the top of the mountain, was the fortress of Shlomo. It is written in Mas'ot Binyamin that Shalgavin was the mistress of Shlomo's shame to the daughter of Pharaoh, and it was built from the beginning - Arnon. And the stones were not joined together with plaster or any other material, and they say that it came from Ashmoda'i. And Tarmud in the desert also came from Shlomo.

The Building of the First Temple