The most extensive royal accounts in the Hebrew Bible are those of kings David (the Succession Narrative usually identified as 2 Sam 9-20 and 1 Kgs 1-2) and Solomon (the Solomon Story 1 Kgs 3-11). Yet even though Solomon immediately follows David in the Deuteronomistic History little has been done to correlate these accounts. But what if these passages were meant to be read together? Utilizing the Double Redaction theory Herbst proposes that an exilic Deuteronomist inserted the Succession Narrat