And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.