Day 79 - Solomon Takes Over
King Solomon - Simeon Solomon [Public domain] Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 3/20/2019 Day 79 1 Kings 1:1 – 4:34 Reflection: Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org 1 & 2 Kings were artificially divided with the LXX and should be read as one book. +++ David dies, Solomon eliminates the competition; and begins the Golden Age of Israel. Some scholars debate the gloriousness of the Solomonic Kingdom. The Deuteronomic historian, or D, may have written this along with the Book of Deuteronomy around 622 bce during the reign of Josiah and the first reformation of the faith. This has a slant to favor the Judah Kings and not the Israel Kings during the divided kingdom. The story of Solomon can be divided into three parts: Chapters 1-2 - Solomons rise to power Vs 3:1 - 9:9 - Solomon forward thinking 9:1...