And at the close of this Psalm which I have quoted, it is written, ‘The hymns of David the son of Jesse are ended.’270 Moreover, that Solomon was a renowned and great king, by whom the temple called that at Jerusalem was built, I know; but that none of those things mentioned in the Psalm happened to him, is evident. For neither did all kings worship him; nor did he reign to the ends of the earth; nor did his enemies, falling before him, lick the 212 dust. Nay, also, I venture to repeat what is written in the book of Kings as committed by him, how through a woman’s influence he worshipped the idols of Sidon, which those of the Gentiles who know God, the Maker of all things through Jesus the crucified, do not venture to do, but abide every torture and vengeance even to the extremity of death, rather than worship idols, or eat meat offered to idols.” 270 [A striking passage in De Maistre (Œuvres, vol. vi. p. 275) is worthy of comparison.] 566 Chapter XXXIV.—Nor does Ps. lxxii. apply to Solomon, whose faults Christians…