Text-Critical Edition of the List of Solomon’s Officials (3 Kgdms 4:8–19)

Abstract

Abstract The List of Solomon’s officials (1 Kgs/3 Kgdms 4:8–19) presents many textual problems both in the MT and the LXX texts. It constitutes then a perfect testing ground for the critical edition of 3–4 Kingdoms. This paper intends to revise the Rahlfs’ approach and conclusions, in particular regarding the correspondence εἷς = ‮אֶחָד‬‎ attested differently in the different text forms, and presents a commented preliminary edition of the passage, explaining the critical choices of the editors.