Group key-value columns into a single row

I'm trying to extract data from a SQLite table that stores key-value pairs in dual columns. For example, with the keys foo, bar, man, and row, the table would look like:

| _id | external_id | key  | value |
|-----|-------------|------|-------|
| 1   | 12345       | foo  | cow   |
| 2   | 12345       | bar  | moo   |
| 3   | 12345       | man  | hole  |
| 4   | 12345       | row  | boat  |
| 5   | 67980       | foo  | abc   |
| 6   | 67890       | bar  | def   |
| 7   | 67890       | man  | ghi   |
| 8   | 67890       | row  | jkl   |

I want to perform a query that gives me each external_id in a row with the keys as the columns and the values as the rows. Like this:

| external_id | foo |  bar | man  | row  |
|-------------|-----|------|------|------|
| 12345       | cow | moo  | hole | boat |
| 67890       | abc | def  | ghi  | jkl  |

The only solution I've been able to come up with is a join for each key:

SELECT a.external_id, b.foo, c.bar, d.main, e.row 
FROM myTable AS a
LEFT JOIN 
  (SELECT external_id, key AS foo
   FROM myTable
   WHERE key="foo") AS b
   ON a.external_id = b.external_id
...
LEFT JOIN 
  (SELECT external_id, key AS row
   FROM myTable
   WHERE key="row") AS e
   ON a.external_id = e.external_id
GROUP BY a.external_id

Is there a better way to do this?