Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the eyes of the sun.

And he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for Jehovah has said to you, You shall not return that way again.

And he said, This shall be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Mikveh; the king's merchants got them at Mikveh for a price.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of Jehovah our God.

Pride comes, then comes shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and has cut out windows for himself, and the ceiling is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not knowledge of Me? says Jehovah.