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INTIMATE SECRETARY. 67
King Solomon, before putting the King of Tyre in
possession, to rebuild and adorn the cities, and to
change the inhospitable land into cultivated gardens,
fields, and meadows.
Arriving at Jerusalem, King Hiram entered the
palace, and, without waiting to be announced, went
through the court and angrily passed the guard into
the audience-chamber, where he found King Solomon
alone, mourning over the death of Hiram Abi.
Joabert, the favorite of King Solomon, newly ap-
pointed Lieutenant of the Guards—all composed
of Perfect Masters—seeing King Hirani enter in
such excitement and rage, and not knowing him
personally, feared that he intended some violence,
and approached the door of the audience-chamber,
to be ready to rush in and defend his master if there
should be occasion. His zeal and devotion causing
him to neglect the precaution which merely curiosity
would have observed, he was seen by King Hiram,
seized upon by him and dragged into the hall, where
he would have been at once slain by the enraged
king but for the interference of his own sovereign,
who immediately called the guard and ordered them
to seize the guilty man and be answerable for his ap-
pearance when wanted.
The guards being sent away, King Solomon ex-
plained to Hiram that he had intended to rebuild
the twenty cities and to furnish the fields with hus-
bandmen before giving them to him :
he also assured
the king that, of all the favorites and lords of hia