Dictionary definition: Adonijah

Article: The Deuteronomistic critique of Solomon: A response to ...
Journal of Biblical Literature;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... other than Pharaoh (1 Kgs 11:40). As for Solomon's mistreatment of ... a forced levy in 1 Kgs 5:27-32, and Solomon's ceding of twenty ... passages relating to Solomon's policies vis ... northern tribes ( 1 Kgs 4:7-19; 5:27 ...

Article: Revealing and concealing as a narrative strategy in ...
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... The Book of the Acts of Solomon" (1 Kgs 11:41). At a later ... of any human being (1 Kgs 3:4-15). Afterwards, Solomon returns to Jerusalem ... outcome: "and King Solomon ruled over all Israel" (1 Kgs 4:1). The juxtaposition ...

Article: Solomon's temple: Fact and ideology in biblical and Near ...
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... period, the "book of the acts of Solomon" (I Kgs 1:41) is frequently regarded ... Deuteronomistic rendering of the narratives of Solomon's and Hiram's negotiations about ... there was a royal inscription in Solomon's day that described the construction ...

Article: Solomon the Esoteric King: From King to Magus, Development ...
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... possibility that the image of Solomon as horseman, a surprising image ... by the biblical association of Solomon with horses (1 Kgs 5:6, 8; 10:25, 28, 29 ... say the obvious: the image of Solomon as magician was influenced by ...

Article: "Greater than Solomon" (Matt 12:42)
Trinity Journal;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the Queen of Sheba in Solomon's case (1 Kgs 10:1-3; 2 Chr 9:1-2). Neither Solomon nor Jonah did any great ... Greek translator of 1 Kgs 4:29-3414 states that the number of songs Solomon wrote numbered five thousand ...

Dictionary definition: Solomon
A Dictionary of the Bible;      352 words ... ... administrative reformer (1 Kgs. 4: 7–19) and ... 700 wives and 300 concubines. Solomon acquired a reputation for sagacity (1 Kgs. 4: 30), and the book of ... traditionally ascribed to him. Although Solomon built the first Temple, he ...

Article: Rewriting the Testament of Solomon: Tradition, Conflict ...
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 15 and 18 of the Testament of Solomon were independent sources. In ... characterizes the Testament of Solomon as "a re-writing of 1 Kgs. 4.29-12.24" (p. 58 ... whose intent was to disparage Solomon and to show that the "true ...