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Solomon’s Officials and Administration in Kings - Koert van Bekkum

Biblical World

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What Is the History of King Solomon?

One of the most probably earliest administrative lists in the Bible that might reflect use of a kind of administrative text is in one king's form. The first people that are mentioned, part of them are, we're already in the administration as mentioned in Samuel at the court of David. So what seems to be is that there is an eye into a king which is a bit of kind of professionalization and calm more people to the court. And then it ends with this beautiful verse 20, Judah and Israel were as many as to send by the sea they ate and drank and were happy.

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