King James Version · The united kingdom
1 Chronicles 9
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So all Israel were by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were to for their . Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the , the priests, , and the Nethinims. And in dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of , and of the children of , and ; the son of , the son of , the son of Imri, the son of , of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. And of the Shilonites; Asaiah , and his sons. And of the sons of ; , and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. And of the sons of ; Sallu the son of , the son of , the son of Hasenuah, 8And Ibneiah the son of , and the son of , the son of Michri, and the son of Shephathiah, the son of , the son of Ibnijah; And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. And of the priests; , and Jehoiarib, and , And the son of Hilkiah, the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the ruler of the house of ; And the son of , the son of Pashur, the son of , and Maasiai the son of , the son of Jahzerah, the son of , the son of Meshillemith, the son of ; And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the of the house of . And of the ; the son of , the son of Azrikam, the son of , of the sons of ; And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and , and the son of Micah, the son of , the son of ; And the son of , the son of , the son of , and the son of , the son of , that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. And the porters were, , and , and , and , and their brethren: was the chief; Who hitherto waited in the king’s eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of . And the son of , the son of , the son of , and his brethren, of the house of his , the , were over the work of the , keepers of the of the : and their fathers, being over the host of , were keepers of the entry. And the son of was the ruler over them in time past, and was with him. And the son of was porter of the door of the of . All these which were chosen to be porters were two hundred and twelve. These were by their genealogy in their villages, whom and the seer did ordain in their set office. So they and their children had the oversight of the of the , namely, the house of the , by wards. In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. For these , the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of . And they lodged round about the house of , because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of , and the , and the , and the oil, and the , and the spices. And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. And , one of the , who was of the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. And other of their brethren, of the sons of the , were over the , to prepare it every . And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the , who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. These chief fathers of the were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at . And in dwelt of , , whose wife’s name was Maachah: And his son , then Zur, and , and , and , and , And Gedor, and , and , and . And begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at , over against their brethren. 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 Tahrea, and . And begat Jarah; and Jarah begat , and , and Zimri; and Zimri begat ; And begat Binea; and his son, his son, his son. 44And had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and , and Sheariah, and , and : these were 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.