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"According to the
Bible, Solomon was both a master builder and an insatiable accumulator. He
drank out of golden goblets, outfitted his soldiers with golden shields,
maintained a fleet of sailing ships to seek out exotic treasures, kept a
harem of 1,000 wives and concubines, and spent thirteen years building a
palace and a richly decorated temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. Yet
not one goblet, not one brick, has ever been found to indicate that such a
reign existed." -- "False Testament:
Archaeology Refutes the Bible's Claim to History," by Daniel Lazare
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