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'''Solomon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɒ|l|ə|m|ə|n}}),{{efn|{{Hebrew name|שְׁלֹמֹה|[[Shlomo|Šlōmō]]|Šălōmō}}, {{literally|peaceful}};<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Geoffrey |title=The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew |volume= 1 |publisher=Open Book Publishers |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-78374-676-7 |page=305}}</ref> {{lang-syr|ܫܠܶܝܡܽܘܢ}}, {{Transliteration|syr|Šlēmūn}}; [[Arabic]]: سُلَيْمَان, ''{{transliteration|ar|ALA-LC|Sulaymān}}'', {{Transliteration|ar|Silimān}}, {{Transliteration|ar|Slemān}}; {{lang-el|Σολομών}}, {{Transliteration|el|Solomōn}}; {{lang-la|Salomon}}|name=solomon-names}} also called '''Jedidiah''',{{efn|[[Hebrew language|Hebrew:]] {{Lang-he|{{Script/Hebrew|יְדִידְיָהּ}}|label=none}}, [[Modern Hebrew|Modern]]: {{Transliteration|he|Yǝdīdyah}}, [[Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian]]: ''Yăḏīḏyāh'', "beloved of [[Yahweh|Yah]]"|name=jedidiah-names}} was a [[
The Bible says Solomon built the [[Solomon's Temple|First Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]],<ref name='JewEnc'/> dedicating the temple to [[Yahweh]], or [[God in Judaism|God]].<ref>1 Kings 5:5; 8:20</ref> Solomon is portrayed as wealthy, wise and powerful, and as one of the 48 [[Prophets in Judaism|Jewish prophets]].<ref>{{Citation |author=[[Rashi]] |title=''to'' Megillah |at=14a}}</ref> He is also the subject of many later references and legends, most notably in the [[Testament of Solomon]] (part of first-century [[biblical apocrypha]]).
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====General observations====
The archaeological remains that are considered to date from the time of Solomon are notable for the fact that [[Canaan]]ite material culture appears to have continued unabated; there is a distinct lack of magnificent empire, or cultural
Many other civilizations in the Near East already had administrative record-keeping with advanced alphabetic or cursive script, including south Canaanite sites that have been (controversially) identified with the proto-Israelite culture, e.g. Khirbet Qeiyafa. In any case, a better example would be Ugarit, a north Canaanite site that had administrative written language 200-400 years before Qeiyafa.}} However, there is a lack of physical evidence of its existence, despite some archaeological work in the area.{{sfn|Finkelstein|Silberman|2001|pages=186–195}} This is not unexpected because the area was devastated by the [[Babylonians]], then rebuilt and destroyed several times.{{sfn|Kitchen|2003|p=123}}
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