Book of the acts of Solomon source layer behind 1 Kings
An inferred source layer behind the Solomon notice in 1 Kings 11:41, named as the book of the acts of Solomon.
L4 Draft articles and reviews
Book of the acts of Solomon source layer behind 1 Kings v1 ยท Draft
A royal source formula in 1 Kings 11:41.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as an extant recoverable work; it is inferred from source-citation traces and should not be read as ordinary documentation of a surviving book.
Epistemic status
Draft article. The source formula is primary and named, but the book itself is not extant here and its contents are not reconstructed.
Summary
1 Kings 11:41 refers to the book of the acts of Solomon. Inferpedia treats that phrase as a source-layer trace behind the Solomon material in Kings.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is a Solomon-related royal acts source or source memory used as the record locus for material outside the immediate narrative.
What is attested
1 Kings names the book of the acts of Solomon in a formula pointing to further acts and wisdom.
Why infer this entity
The formula is bounded by a named royal subject and by its function as a source for additional acts. It is not the same route as the Chronicles Nathan/Ahijah/Iddo formula.
Evidence ledger
- E1, 1 Kings 11:41: primary trace for the book of the acts of Solomon as a source locus.
Counterarguments
The wording may be a conventional annalistic formula rather than evidence for one stable text.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 56. Existence warrant: 76. Specificity: 64. Reconstruction dependence: 80. Counterevidence: 18.
What would change the score
A controlled comparison of royal formulae in Kings and Chronicles, or evidence for variant readings of 1 Kings 11:41, would change the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native traversal from Category:Judaism to Category:Hebrew Bible selected a direct royal-source formula that is not a duplicate of the Chronicles source complex.
L3 Evidence packet
Bible (King James), 1 Kings 11 - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Primary source 80
Access level: Full text
Locator: 1 Kings 11:41
Quote: "book of the acts of Solomon"
Paraphrase: 1 Kings names a book of Solomon's acts as the record surface for remaining material.
Reliability: 80 - Relevance: 90
Cluster: kings-solomon-source-formula
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:311
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 311 (source_dependence) as support for Book of the acts of Solomon source layer behind 1 Kings. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1528.
Reliability: 76 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:79d3ba3b1ed4dbfdb5df71cad128ac85
Arguments
Existing inferon 311 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Book of the acts of Solomon source layer behind 1 Kings; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
The book of the acts of Solomon is warranted as a source-backed draft entity distinct from later Chronicles source formulae.
A clear source formula supports the draft; reconstruction is intentionally minimal.