Isaac Kalimi argues in Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel (Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 19-93 that much of the narratives about Solomon were probably based on earlier sources and records from his reign and that Solomon was likely a historical figure.
Keimer (2020) argues that the biblical narrative of Solomon’s sale of the land of Cabul to Hiram, king of Tyre only fits the archaeogeography of the 10th century BC and its accuracy would necessarily be indicative of a historical Solomon. https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/sites/bibleinterp.arizona.edu/files/images/Keimer%202020-The%20historical%20geography%20of%201%20Kings%209%2011%2014%20copy-1.pdf
Garfinkel & Mumcuogl (2019) note architectural parallels between the biblical description of Solomon’s Temple, a cultic room from Khirbet Qeiyafa and the temples of Hazor (Late Bronze Age), Motza, Ain Dara in Syria, and Tell Tayinat in southern Turkey (these three from the early Iron Age). They argue that these parallels support the historicity of the biblical tradition. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/3/198
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