RT Article
T1 King Solomon: His Birth and Names in the Second Temple Period Literature
JF Biblica
VO 93
IS 4
SP 481
OP 499
A1 Kalimi, Isaac 1952-
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1823425062
AB In Chronicles Solomon is represented as one who was born under normal circumstances. He appears in the center of David’s nineteen descendants, and as the youngest of Bathsheba’s four sons, but still gained the kingship. The name «Solomon» was given to the child by God prior to his birth and He elected him as king. The root of the name was interpreted twice, but there is no mention of «Yedidyah». The allusions to or ignorance of the name «Yedidyah» in Psalms, Nehemiah, Chronicles, and Josephus, as well as the question if «Qoheleth» is Solomon’s third name, are also discussed.
K1 Solomon