favorite wife, and bathsheba used her influence to make sure that david named her son, solomon, as the next king of israel. >> for david, this is a way of atoning to her for what he did. he took her husband away, but now he's going to make her the queen mother. her son is going to rule over israel. >> after 40 years ruling ancient israel, king david dies around 970 b.c., and solomon takes his place. >> if you want to talk about a coldhearted, calculating, manipulative, hard nosed individual, look no farther than solomon. >> solomon doesn't have david's charisma. that is one thing that is very, very clear from all of the accounts. he doesn't have the same ability to make everybody follow him through sheer force of