The Structure of 1 Kings 1-11

Abstract

Through the use of formal markers, specifically the similarity between 1 Kgs 3.1-2 and 9.24-25, it is possible to divide the Solomon pericope into three sections. These are 1 Kgs 1-2, 'Solomon's accession to the throne', 3.3-9.23, 'Solomon serves YHWH and is blessed' and 9.26- 11.49, 'Solomon violates Deuteronomy 17.14-17 and is punished'. The boundary proposed for the last unit suggests that the editor of 1 Kgs 9.26-11.10 recast pro-Solomonic material in a new framework and wrote or revised material concerning Solomon's foreign wives with conscious reference to the law of the king in Deuteronomy.

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