King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 16
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So they brought the , and set it in the midst of the tent that had pitched for it: and they offered burnt and before . And when had made an end of the burnt offerings and the , he the people in the name of . And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of , and a flagon of . And he appointed certain of the to minister before the , and to record, and to thank and of Israel: the chief, and next to him , , and , and , and , and Eliab, and , and : and with psalteries and with harps; but made a sound with cymbals; also and the priests with continually before the of . Then on that day first this psalm to thank into the hand of and his brethren. Give thanks unto , call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. ye in his name: let of them rejoice that seek . Seek and his strength, seek continually. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and of his ; O ye of Israel his servant, ye children of , his chosen ones. He is our ; his judgments are in all the earth. Be ye mindful always of his ; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; Even of which he made with , and of his unto ; And hath confirmed the same to for a law, and to Israel for an , Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of , the lot of your ; When ye were but few, even , and strangers in it. And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not mine , and do my no harm. Sing unto , all the earth; shew forth from day to day his . Declare his among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. For great is , and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols: but made . and are in his ; strength and gladness are in his place. Give unto , ye kindreds of the people, give unto and strength. Give unto the due unto his name: bring an , and come before him: in the beauty of . Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. Let be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, reigneth. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the of , because he cometh to judge the earth. O give thanks unto ; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. And say ye, us, O of our , and gather us together, and us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy name, and in thy . be of Israel . And all the people said, , and praised . So he left there before the of and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required: And with their brethren, threescore and eight; also the son of and to be porters: And the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the of in the that was at , To offer burnt offerings unto upon the of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in of , which he commanded Israel; And with them and , and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to , because his mercy endureth for ever; And with them and with and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of . And the sons of were porters. And all the people departed every man to his house: and returned to his house.
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
The world at this moment · The united kingdom, 1050 BC to 931 BC ›
Saul, David, and Solomon. A rare window when both Egypt and Mesopotamia are weak, which is how a small kingdom in the corridor between them could briefly become a regional power.
- The power vacuum
- This is the whole political explanation for the united kingdom. Egypt is fragmented, Assyria is recovering but still local, the Hittites are gone, and nobody is in a position to object to a strong state in the corridor. It lasts about a century, and Israel's golden age fits exactly inside it.
- Phoenicia
- Tyre under Hiram is the commercial power of the coast, and supplies the cedar, the craftsmen, and the shipping for Solomon's building programme. The alliance is trade, not charity: Israel had grain and a land route, Tyre had timber and ships.
- Egypt
- Weak enough that a pharaoh gives a daughter in marriage to an Israelite king, which is the opposite of Egyptian practice in stronger centuries. Late in the era it recovers under a new house, and Shishak will invade within five years of Solomon's death.
- Further afield
- Greece is still in its dark age but beginning to recover, and will adopt the Phoenician alphabet within a century or two. Carthage is founded by settlers from Tyre by tradition in 814 BC. In the Americas the Olmec centre shifts to La Venta.