World English Bible · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 8
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became of his , the second, Aharah the third, 2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. had sons: , , Abihud, 4, , Ahoah, , Shephuphan, and Huram. These are the sons of . These are the heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of , who were carried to : 7, , and , who carried them ; and he became of and . Shaharaim became of children in the field of , after he had sent them away. and Baara were his wives. 9By Hodesh his wife, he became of , Zibia, , , 10Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' households. 11By , he became of Abitub and . The sons of : , Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and , with its towns; and and , who were heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of , who put to flight the inhabitants of ; 14and , Shashak, , 15, , , 16, Ishpah, , the sons of , 17, , Hizki, , 18Ishmerai, Izliah, , the sons of , 19Jakim, , , 20Elienai, Zillethai, , 21, Beraiah, Shimrath, the sons of , 22Ishpan, , , 23, , , 24Hananiah, , Anthothijah, 25Iphdeiah, , the sons of Shashak, 26Shamsherai, Shehariah, , 27Jaareshiah, , , and the sons of . These were heads of fathers' households throughout their generations, chief men. These lived in . of , whose wife's name was , lived in with his son , Zur, , , , Gedor, , Zecher, and , who became of . They also lived with their families in , near their relatives. became of . became of . became of , , , and Eshbaal. The son of was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became of Micah. The sons of Micah: Pithon, , Tarea, and . became of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah became of , , and Zimri. Zimri became of . became of Binea. Raphah was his son, his son, and his son. 38 had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, , Sheariah, , and . All these were the sons of . 39The sons of Eshek his brother: his , the second, and the third. The sons of were of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of .
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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.