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Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “wife of solomon is a figure in hebrew scriptures who married the king of the united monarchy of israel to cemen”. Today it says “figure in the hebrew bible who is described as marrying solomon to cement a political alliance between the unit”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Parallels with Amenhotep III and Sitamun”.
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Pharaoh's daughter who was the wife of Solomon is a figure in Hebrew scriptures who married the king of the United Monarchy of Israel to cement a political alliance with Egypt . Out of his vast harem, she is the only wife singled out, although she is not given a name in the texts. Her influence on Solomon is seen as the downfall of his greatness.1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “wife of solomon is a figure in hebrew scriptures who married the king of the united monarchy of israel to cemen”. Today it says “figure in the hebrew bible who is described as marrying solomon to cement a political alliance between the unit”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Parallels with Amenhotep III and Sitamun”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

wife of solomon is a figure in hebrew scriptures who married the king of the united monarchy of israel to cemen

Now

figure in the hebrew bible who is described as marrying solomon to cement a political alliance between the unit

Sections that no longer exist

This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 2,791 characters shorter.

  • Parallels with Amenhotep III and Sitamun
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