Un-Multiplying

Okay, there probably is no such thing as un-multiplying, I just made that word up because I didn't know what else to call it.  Let's try a different tack.  If you multiply two times one you get two.  If you multiply two times negative one it seems like you would get zero because negative is the opposite of positive and the negative makes the positive go away.  Two times negative two should then be negative four because you're making the original two go away twice.  Now if you start out with a negative two and multiply it by a positive one, you should get zero because the positive makes the negative go away. No, that doesn't sound right.  Truth is, I don't remember negative multiplication from school so I'm trying to reconstruct it logically.  Then again, maybe the reason I don't remember it is because there is no such a thing as negative multiplication, or negative division either for that matter.  I mean, maybe there is such a thing in theoretical mathematics but not in the real world.  If Johnny has two apples and he gives one to Susie, he has one less apple, but if Susie promises to pay him back double tomorrow, she should give him two apples.  But what if Susie tries to pull a fast one by paying him back negative double?  I don't think that's possible in the real world.  Assuming that Johnny has already eaten his remaining apple, he couldn't give it to Susie to satisfy her negative double payback request even if he wanted to, which he probably wouldn't because he doesn't like Susie anymore because he has discovered that she is a con artist.

I have never head the allegation before that David and Solomon were mythical characters.  Legendary perhaps, but certainly not mythical.  I doubt Uncle Ken's assertion that there is no historical record of them.  If they weren't kings of Israel during that time frame, then who was?  And who ordered the construction of Solomon's Temple if not Solomon himself?  I think that Uncle Ken's got some splainin to do.