King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 8
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Now begat his , the second, and Aharah the third, 2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. And the sons of were, , and , and Abihud, 4And , and , and Ahoah, And , and Shephuphan, and Huram. And these are the sons of : these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of , and they removed them to : 7And , and , and , he removed them, and begat , and . And Shaharaim begat children in the country of , after he had sent them away; and Baara were his wives. 9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, , and Zibia, and , and Malcham, 10And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11And of he begat Abitub, and . The sons of ; , and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and , with the towns thereof: also, and , who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of , who drove away the inhabitants of : 14And , Shashak, and , 15And , and , and Ader, 16And , and Ispah, and , the sons of ; 17And , and , and Hezeki, and , 18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and , the sons of ; 19And Jakim, and , and , 20And Elienai, and Zilthai, and , 21And , and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22And Ishpan, and , and , 23And , and , and , 24And Hananiah, and , and Antothijah, 25And Iphedeiah, and , the sons of Shashak; 26And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and , 27And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and , the sons of . These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in . And at dwelt of ; whose wife’s name was Maachah: And his son , and Zur, and , and , and , And Gedor, and , and Zacher. And begat . And these also dwelt with their brethren in , over against them. And begat , and begat , and begat , and Malchi–shua, and , and Esh–baal. And the son of was Merib–baal; and Merib–baal begat Micah. And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and , and Tarea, and . And begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat , and , and Zimri; and Zimri begat , And begat Binea: Rapha was his son, his son, his son: 38And had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and , and Sheariah, and , and . All these were the sons of . 39And the sons of Eshek his brother were, his , Jehush the second, and the third. And the sons of were of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of .
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.
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.