How is it then that Shalmaneser III has two stelae naming contemporary kings of Israel, Omri, Ahab, and Jehu, at exactly the years they reigned in the Bible, indicating that the part of the record saying Solomon reigned about 100 years before them is accurate too? Sincere question.
Solomon doesn't exist and the character Christians and Jews call "Solomon" is an Assyrian King called Shalmaneser III.
The "Israeli empire" is also just some vassal state of Assyria "led" by an Assyrian puppet called Jehu.
How is it then that Shalmaneser III has two stelae naming contemporary kings of Israel, Omri, Ahab, and Jehu, at exactly the years they reigned in the Bible, indicating that the part of the record saying Solomon reigned about 100 years before them is accurate too? Sincere question.