King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 3
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Now these were the sons of , which were born unto him in ; , of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of the Carmelitess: The third, the son of Maachah 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. These six were born unto him in ; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in he reigned thirty and three years. And these were born unto him in ; Shimea, and , and , and , four, of Bath–shua the daughter of : Ibhar also, and , and , And Nogah, and , and Japhia, And , and Eliada, and , nine. These were all the sons of , beside the sons of the , and their sister. And ’s son was , Abia 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, his son. And the sons of were, , the second , the third , the fourth . And the sons of : his son, his son. And the sons of ; , Salathiel his son, 18Malchiram also, and , and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. And the sons of were, , and : and the sons of ; , and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20And Hashubah, and Ohel, and , and Hasadiah, Jushab–, five. And the sons of Hananiah; , and Jesaiah: the sons of , the sons of , the sons of , the sons of Shechaniah. And the sons of Shechaniah; : and the sons of ; , and Igeal, and Bariah, and , and , six. 23And the sons of ; , and , and Azrikam, three. 24And the sons of were, Hodaiah, and , and , and , and , and Dalaiah, 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.