Reading Solomon with Three Eyes Open

Abstract

ABSTRACT Hiram and the Queen of Sheba are stable, but Pharaoh’s daughter moves around the ancient versions of the biblical story of Solomon. Kings (LXX) reports the Ark entering the temple more briefly than Kings (MT) or Chronicles. Teasing out how three accounts of temple-building were themselves constructed is more complex. In each case, Kings (MT) represents the most developed form of the tradition.