Talk:Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)

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Other Daughters of Pharoah married to Jewish Biblical Figures
While this wikipedia article is very informative, the scholarship seems to claim that Solomon's marriage to a daughter of Pharaoh was unique in biblical literature. In that, it ignores the account of the patriarch Abraham's marriage / concubinage relationship with Hagar, who by Rabbinic tradition was also a daughter of Pharaoh. (cf. Genesis 16:1, Rashi adloc., Yonatan Ben Uziel (sic) adloc., Bereishit Rabbah 45:1) 24.185.8.28 (talk) 14:17, 1 November 2010 (UTC)Baruch
 * I think you are interpreting things incorrectly. It is unique in scripture. Midrash & specifically the B'reshith Rabba are not scripture and shouldn't be given that much weight. Answers provided in midrash are by scribes living long after the facts and they were attempting to fill in the blanks where they didn't know the answers. That rabbinic tradition has no merit or basis in the scripture. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  ((⊕)) 18:19, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Possible bias in sources
I find it a tad difficult to believe that a website called infidels.com could be objective and as such I would much appreciate if there were another source verifying its information. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.200.115.29 (talk) 22:15, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Section "Naming the Pharaoh"
This section gives popular theories from several sources including Egyptologists and the Catholic Church. It ignores however one compelling theory that warrants mention. The Egyptologist David Rohl in his book "A Test of Time: The Bible—from Myth to History" (London: Century. ISBN 0-7126-5913-7) puts forth the idea that the Pharaoh is Horemheb. This Pharaoh actually did marry off daughters for political reasons. This fact is attested to by a hieroglyphic inscription on an alabaster vase found in the place of King Nikmaddu of Ugarit during the 1952 excavation season (A. Curtis, Ugarit Cities of the Biblical World, Cambridge 1985 pp 44-45). Text regarding this theory should be added to this section. Ffejmopp (talk) 21:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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The Harem of Amenhotep III
I've like to see a justification for this comment?

"it included a princess from each of the seven nations listed in 1 Kings 11:1"

What I've read about Amenhotep's Wives elsewhere includes only Hittie wives. And even that is iffy since I question those HItties being he Biblical ones placed near Hebron. BUt the greater point is I've no references to him having wives from Sidon/Tyre, Edom, Moab or Ammon.--JaredMithrandir (talk) 10:47, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

We do not have a full list of the harem of Amenhotep III, but it may have been extensive by Egyptian standards.:

"Amenhotep III is known to have married several foreign women:
 * Gilukhepa, the daughter of Shuttarna II of Mitanni, in the tenth year of his reign.
 * Tadukhepa, the daughter of his ally Tushratta of Mitanni, Around Year 36 of his reign.
 * A daughter of Kurigalzu, king of Babylon.
 * A daughter of Kadashman-Enlil, king of Babylon.
 * A daughter of Tarhundaradu, ruler of Arzawa.
 * A daughter of the ruler of Ammia (in modern Syria).

Gilukhepa was accompanied by "317 women" when she entered the harem.
 * That's all what I'd read already. That lack any direct overlap with the wives of Solomon.  In fact even this article's claim he married a daughter of Tuthmosis IV seems out of date with what we know now.--JaredMithrandir (talk) 01:22, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

If the princess in question is Sitamun, she is more likely a daughter of Amenhotep III rather than his sister. Dimadick (talk) 10:04, 3 July 2017 (UTC)