King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 1
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, Sheth, , , Mahalaleel, Jered, Henoch, , , , , , and . The sons of ; , and , and , and , and , and , and . And the sons of ; Ashchenaz, and , and . And the sons of ; , and , , and . The sons of ; , and , Put, and . 9And the sons of ; , and , and Sabta, and , and Sabtecha. And the sons of ; , and . And begat : he began to be mighty upon the earth. And begat , and , and , and , And , and , (of whom came the ,) and Caphthorim. And begat Zidon his , and , The also, and the , and the , And the , and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. The sons of ; , and , and Arphaxad, and , and , and , and , and , and . And Arphaxad begat , and begat . And unto were born two sons: the name of the one was ; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was . And begat , and , and , and , 21 also, and , and , And , and , and , And , and , and . All these were the sons of . , Arphaxad, , , , , , , , ; the same is . The sons of ; , and . These are their generations: of , ; then , and , and , , and , , , and , 31, , and . These are the sons of . Now the sons of , ’s : she Zimran, and , and , and , and , and . And the sons of ; , and . And the sons of ; , and , and Henoch, and , and . All these are the sons of . And begat . The sons of ; and Israel. The sons of ; , , and , and Jaalam, and . The sons of ; , and , Zephi, and , , and , and . 37The sons of ; , , , and . And the sons of ; , and , and , and , and , and , and . And the sons of ; , and Homam: and was ’s sister. The sons of ; Alian, and , and , Shephi, and . And the sons of ; , and . The sons of ; . And the sons of ; , and , and , and . The sons of ; , and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of ; , and Aran. Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of before any king reigned over the ; the son of : and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And when was , the son of of Bozrah reigned in his stead. And when was , of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46And when was , the son of Bedad, which smote in the field of , reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. And when was , of Masrekah reigned in his stead. And when was , of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49And when was , the son of reigned in his stead. And when was , reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was , the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. also. And the dukes of were; duke , duke Aliah, duke , 52Duke Aholibamah, duke , duke , 53Duke , duke , duke , Duke , duke . These are the dukes of .
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.