King Solomon built the temple of God with the aid of Phoenician architects and on the standard plan of Syrian temples (1 Kgs. 5–7). The psalmist modeled some of his poems on Canaanite hymns to Baal (Ps. 29) and Egyptian hymns to Aton (Ps. 104). The author of Proverbs drew upon the wisdom of Amenemope (Prov. 22:17–23:11).
