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7 - The Solomonic Connection

Solomon and Wisdom in Kings and Chronicles

from Part I - The Context of Wisdom Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2022

By
David Firth
Edited by
Katherine J. Dell
Edited in association with
Suzanna R. Millar  and
Arthur Jan Keefer
Katherine J. Dell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Suzanna R. Millar
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Arthur Jan Keefer
Affiliation:
Eton College
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Summary

With his ‘Solomonic Connection’, David Firth observes the man Solomon as he appears in Kings and Chronicles. Solomon is ‘paradigmatic’ for understanding wisdom in both of these books and yet he is not treated identically therein. Kings and Chronicles offer different portraits of the exceedingly wise king, whether that be his foundational role for wisdom or his problematic relationship with it. Matters of the temple, Solomon’s behaviour, torah, and the very conception of wisdom itself all have a place in biblical presentations of Solomon. Firth looks closely at 1 Kings 1–11 and 2 Chronicles 1–9 with a literary and theological reading that does not let one account determine the other or allow the Solomonic portraits in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes to have all of the attention.

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SolomonKingsChronicleskingshiptempletorahtheologyProverbsEcclesiastes
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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Wisdom Literature , pp. 116 - 134
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Brueggemann, Walter. 1 & 2 Kings. SHBC. Macon: 2000.Google Scholar
Cook, Sean E. The Solomon Narratives in the Context of the Hebrew Bible: Told and Retold. LHBOTS 638. London: 2017.Google Scholar
Firth, David G., and Wilson, L., eds. Exploring Old Testament Wisdom: Literature and Themes. London: 2016.Google Scholar
Firth, David G., and Wilson, L., ‘Worrying about the Wise: Wisdom in Old Testament Narrative’. Pages 155–173 in Exploring Old Testament Wisdom. Edited by Firth, David G. and Wilson, Lindsay. London: 2016.Google Scholar
Japhet, Sara. I & II Chronicles: A Commentary. Louisville: 1993.Google Scholar
Jarick, John. 1 Chronicles. London: 2002.Google Scholar
Jeon, Yong Ho. Impeccable Solomon? A Study of Solomon’s Faults in Chronicles. Eugene: 2013.Google Scholar
Johnstone, William. 1 and 2 Chronicles: Volume 1. 1 Chronicles 1 – 2 Chronicles 9. Israel’s Place among the Nations. LHBOTS 253. Sheffield: 1997.Google Scholar
Knoppers, Gary N. Two Nations under God: The Deuteronomistic History of Solomon and the Dual Monarchies. Volume 1. The Reign of Solomon and the Rise of Jeroboam. HSM 52. Atlanta: 1993.Google Scholar
Kynes, Will. An Obituary for ‘Wisdom Literature’: The Birth, Death, and Intertextual Reintegration of a Biblical Corpus. Oxford: 2019.Google Scholar
Longman, Tremper III. The Fear of the Lord Is Wisdom: A Theological Introduction to Wisdom in Israel. Grand Rapids: 2017.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain W. 1 and 2 Kings. Peabody: 1995.Google Scholar
Schmid, Hartmut. Das erste Buch der Könige. Wuppertal: 2000.Google Scholar
Wray Beal, Lissa M. 1 & 2 Kings. AOTC. Nottingham: 2014.Google Scholar

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