King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 26
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Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was the son of , of the sons of . And the sons of were, , the second, the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 the fifth, the sixth, the seventh. Moreover the sons of were, , the second, the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for him. Also unto his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their : for they were of valour. 7The sons of ; Othni, and Rephael, and , Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, , and Semachiah. All these of the sons of : they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the , were threescore and two of . And had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. Also , of the children of , had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not , yet his made him the chief;) 11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, the fourth: all the sons and brethren of were thirteen. Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the . And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every . 14And the lot eastward fell to . Then for his son, a counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. To southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. To and the lot came forth westward, with the Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. Eastward were six , northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of , and among the sons of . And of the , was over the of the house of , and over the of the dedicated things. As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and his brother, which were over the of the . Of the Amramites, and the , the , and the Uzzielites: And Shebuel the son of , the son of , was ruler of the . And his brethren by ; his son, and his son, and his son, and his son, and Shelomith his son. Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the of the dedicated things, which the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the . And all that the seer, and the son of , and the son of , and the son of , had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. Of the , Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. And of the , and his brethren, , a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of , and in the of the king. Among the was Jerijah the chief, even among the , according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of they were sought for, and there were found among them of valour at of . And his brethren, , were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king made over the , the , and the half tribe of , for every matter pertaining to , and affairs of the king.
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.
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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.