... We find, then, a great similarity between these accounts and the tradition concerning the construction of the Solomonic temple. It is interesting to note, however, that the resemblance is confined to the pre-deuteronomic strand of the Biblical narrative (5: 16-8: 13; 8: 62-6), whereas the deuteronomic traditions (3: 5-14; 8: 14-61; 9: 3-9) present an entirely different picture. While Gudea, Esarhaddon, Nabonidus, and Baal await a prophetic dream or divine approval to signal the beginning of the construction, Solomon's dream at Gibeon, according to the deuteronomic account, serves merely as the medium through which the Deity promises him judicial wisdom ... It appears, therefore, that the pre-deuteronomic source contained traditions similar to those found in the extra-Biblical accounts of sanctuary building cited above, but that they had been reworked by the Deuteronomist who wished to accommodate them to his own purposes. The dreams at Gibeon, where the great high place stood, seem originally to have pertained like Nathan's dream, the Patriarchal dreams, and those of Gudea and Nabonidus, to the building of the temple. The purpose of Solomon's journey to Gibeon apparently was to receive a revelation conveying divine permission to begin the construction of a temple; this is why he offers up a holocaust of a thousand sacrifices and spends the night in the sanctuary (= incubation) ...