World English Bible · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 3
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Now these were the sons of , who were born to him in : , , of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of the Carmelitess; the third, the son of the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: six were born to him in ; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in ; and these were born to him in : Shimea, , , and , four, by Bathshua the daughter of ; and Ibhar, , , Nogah, , Japhia, , Eliada, and , nine. All these were the sons of , in addition to the sons of the ; and was their sister. son was , his son, his son, Jehoshaphat his son, his son, Ahaziah his son, his son, his son, his son, his son, his son, his son, his son, Amon his son, and his son. The sons of : , the second , the third , and the fourth . The sons of : his son, and his son. The sons of , the : his son, 18Malchiram, , Shenazzar, , Hoshama, and Nedabiah. The sons of : and . The sons of : and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; 20and Hashubah, Ohel, , Hasadiah, and Jushab , five. The sons of Hananiah: and ; the sons of , the sons of , the sons of , the sons of . The son of : . The sons of : , , Bariah, , and , six. 23The sons of : , Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 24The sons of : , , , , , , and , seven.
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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.