(University of the Western Cape, 2007) Loots, Peter Charles Edmund; Cloete, W.T.W
In this minithesis, I argue that the prime reason of the Deuteronomistic Historian (Dtr) for
inserting the incomparability of God in Solomon's prayer is to convey his (Dtr's) theological
interpretation of the history of Israel as history controlled by her sovereign God, Yahweh.
Other reasons are also considered. In order to argue the main reason and others, the sociohistorical
aspects of the Davidic-Solomonic era are briefly highlighted as well as the
Deuteronomistic Historian, his time and theology. A closer look at the Babylonian exile shows
the significance of this event in terms of the theological thought of Dtr conveyed in the passage
1 Ki. 8:23-26 and the rest of Solomon's prayer.