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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Raamses
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:25:20 +0100

On 19/09/2005 21:04, Yigal Levin wrote:

...
However, I don't think that we can take either Solomon's 40 years or David's
literally. 40 is a typological number that means "a complete period of
time". Besides which, the probability of a king ruling 40 years, and then
his son being young enough to rule another 40, is very low. ...


Don't forget that Solomon was by no means David's oldest son, rather he was born when David was already well established as king, and was probably much younger than Absalom and Adonijah.

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