King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 27
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Now the after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. Over the first course for the first month was the son of : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. Of the children of was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. And over the course of the second month was Dodai an , and of his course was also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. The third captain of the host for the third month was the son of , a : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. This is that , who was mighty among , and above : and in his course was Ammizabad his son. The fourth captain for the fourth month was the brother of , and his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The sixth captain for the sixth month was the son of the : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The seventh captain for the seventh month was the , of the children of : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The eighth captain for the eighth month was the , of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The ninth captain for the ninth month was the Anetothite, of the : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The tenth captain for the tenth month was the , of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was the , of the children of : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the , of : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the was the son of : of the , Shephatiah the son of Maachah: Of the , the son of : of the Aaronites, : Of Judah, , one of the brethren of : of , the son of : 19Of , Ishmaiah the son of : of , the son of : 20Of the children of , the son of : of the half tribe of , the son of : Of the half tribe of in , the son of : of , the son of : Of Dan, Azareel the son of . These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. But took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of . the son of began to number, but he finished not, because there fell for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king . And over the king’s was the son of : and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of : 26And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of : 27And over the vineyards was the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the cellars was the Shiphmite: And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was : And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was the son of Adlai: Over the camels also was Obil the : and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the of the substance which was king ’s. Also ’s uncle was a counsellor, a man, and a : and the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons: And was the king’s counsellor: and the was the king’s companion: And after was the son of , and : and the general of the king’s army was .
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.