Analysis:
According to the Old Testament, King Solomon is the cleverest of mankind. He has a widely circulated story that two women compete for a baby and both claim to be the mother of the baby. The two sides are deadlocked and it is difficult to break up. So King Solomon solemnly ordered the baby to be divided into two halves, one half for each person, to settle the dispute. One of the women agreed, but the other woman pleaded for the child and asked the king to calm down and take back his life. She is willing to give up her child and accept punishment.
Obviously, the woman who would rather accept the punishment herself to save the baby's life is the real mother of the child. The evil woman who lied was severely punished.
In addition, the Bible also records the story that the Queen of Sheba, who worships fire in the south, disapproved of King Solomon's wisdom and went to Jerusalem to challenge King Solomon and test King Solomon's wisdom with difficult problems. But what's the problem? The old testament didn't say much. But in the Talmud, there are some wonderful legends. In addition, there are related anecdotes in ancient Hebrew documents, the Koran and folk stories.
It is said that the Queen of Sheba brought a group of children dressed in the same clothes to King Solomon and asked him to identify the sex of these children, but he could not talk to them or touch them. King Solomon asked the children to wash their hands before the washbasin. Girls roll up their sleeves, boys don't.
There is also a story about a woman disguised as a man. King Solomon unexpectedly threw a piece of lead to the man in disguise. The man put his legs together and bent his knees slightly to bear the weight, instead of spreading his legs like ordinary women to avoid being hit, so he was exposed by King Solomon.
At the same time, a real lawsuit took place in Solomon's close neighbor, the kingdom of ancient Egypt.
The ancient Egyptian kingdom was divided into two parts, the upper part and the lower part. Under the cloak of the United Kingdom, the two always fight with each other. At that time, Pharaoh's capital was in Lower Egypt. During the reign of Cesar Sang Ke I, a series of grave robbery cases occurred. In the Valley of the Kings, the tombs of the pharaohs of the past dynasties in Upper Egypt, ten tombs of pharaohs of the past dynasties were stolen and dug, and the gold foil on the bodies, the jewels in the hands, the funerary objects in the tombs and even the sarcophagus were all gone.
The head of the Valley of the Kings and the mayor of the capital of Upper Egypt were interrogated. Although there is evidence that they are very suspicious, the charges are finally pushed to the unknown "thief".
Two ancient lawsuits involved two kings, one clever and the other greedy for money. However, the new archaeologist Ralph Elis said that they were actually the same person-King Solomon.
In the story, King Solomon built a powerful and rich country and hoarded a lot of gold, silver and jewels, which is "King Solomon's Treasure". Later, the location of the treasure became an eternal mystery, which provided excellent material for later novels and movies.
King Solomon's Treasure is an adventure novel by British writer Haggard.