Endnote 3 – How We Know When Solomon Ruled

For all these matters, see the full treatment in Kenneth A. Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 B.C.) (Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd., revised 2nd ed., 1996), pp. xxxiv–xii, 72–76, 174–183, 293–302, 324–325, 372–376, 383–388, 546–559, 575–576 and 583–586. On updated Egyptian chronology, see Kitchen, “The Historical Chronology of Ancient Egypt, A Current Assessment,” in Acta Archaeologica 67 (1996), pp. 1–13; also in K. Randsborg, ed., Absolute Chronology, Archaeological Europe 2500–5000 BC (Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1996), pp. 1–13; and an updated version including evaluation of the new Tang I-Var text in Manfred Bietak, ed., The Synchronization of Civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Second Millennium BC (Vienna: Austrian Academy, 2000), pp. 29–42.