of which has survived, however. The frequent references to a “Book of the Acts of Solomon” (1 Kgs 11:41*). “The Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel” (14:19*), and “The Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah” (14:29*) indicate that the author has used a source for the chronological and biographical notices that is now long lost. Also in other parts of the books of Kings already existing traditions have been used, whose origins and collections can no longer be illuminated. The two books of
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