Fox as the Queen of Sheba, Anouk Aimée as Bathsheba and Max von Sydow as David.

King David is aged and sickly, and announces that Solomon is the rightful heir to the throne over Israel.

With his newfound wisdom, Solomon proceeds to build the Temple of God in Jerusalem, according to the architectural plans that his father David had left behind.

Solomon courts and impregnates her and aspires to make her his royal Queen, to the priests’ and council’s displeasure.

The story continues as Solomon’s ego and power-drunken attitude, much like his father's, cause things in his kingdom to spiral out of control.