World English Bible · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 25
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Moreover, and the captains of the army for the certain of the sons of , of , and of , who were to with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their was: of the sons of : , , , and Asharelah. The sons of were under the hand of , who prophesied at the order of the king. Of , the sons of : , Zeri, , , , and , six, under the hands of their , who prophesied in giving thanks and praising with the harp. Of , the sons of : Bukkiah, , , Shebuel, , Hananiah, , Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. All these were the sons of the king's seer in the words of , to lift up . gave to fourteen sons and three daughters. All these were under the hands of their for song in house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the of house: , , and being under the order of the king. The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to , even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight. They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student. 9Now the first lot came out for to ; the second to , he and his brothers and sons were twelve; 10the third to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 11the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 12the fifth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 14the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 15the eighth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 16the ninth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 17the tenth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 18the eleventh to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 19the twelfth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 20for the thirteenth, , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 21for the fourteenth, , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 22for the fifteenth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 23for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 24for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25for the eighteenth to , his sons and his brothers, twelve; 26for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 27for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 28for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 29for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 30for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 31for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
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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.