Solomon's death is recorded in Second Chronicles, chapter 9. The Chronicles record Solomon's wisdom, his wealth, his building projects, and his conquest of other territories. The Chronicles do not record what I call Solomon's "mischief," as the Bible's book of First Kings does. See First Kings, chapters 1 and 2, for an account of Solomon's vengeance. He "settles the score" between his father, David, and his father's enemies by ordering their executions.
If David is prevented from building a temple, because he has shed too much human blood, then why is Solomon encouraged to build a temple. His hands are bloody, too. I suppose it's a matter of degree, but still difficult for me to fathom.
How have I caused the deaths of other persons? Not by ordering their executions, not by my own use of weapons! But, perhaps by my overconsumption of the world's resources, by my turning a blind eye to the needs of others...
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