King James Version · The united kingdom
Proverbs 8
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Doth not cry? and put forth her voice? She standeth in the top of , by in the places of the . She crieth at the , at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand : and, ye fools, be ye of an . Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my shall be right things. For my shall speak truth; and wickedness is an to my . All the words of my are in ; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my , and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For is better than rubies; and all the things that may be are not to be compared to it. I with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. The is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward , do I hate. is mine, and sound : I am ; I have strength. By me kings reign, and princes justice. 16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and are with me; yea, durable riches and . My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. I lead in of , in the midst of the of : That I may cause those that love me to substance; and I will fill their . me of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from , , or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of of the world. When he prepared , I was there: when he set a compass upon the of the depth: 28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his , that the waters should not pass his : when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Now therefore unto me, O ye children: for are they that keep my ways. Hear , and be , and refuse it not. is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my , at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain of . But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own : all they that hate me love .
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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.