World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 116
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I love , because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. The cords of surrounded me, the pains of got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. Then I called on name: ", I beg you, ." is and . Yes, our is merciful. preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he me. Return to your rest, , for has dealt bountifully with you. For you have from , my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before in the land of the living. I , therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted." I said in my haste, "All people are liars." What will I give to for all his benefits toward me? I will take of , and call on name. I will pay my to , yes, in the of all his people. Precious in sight is the of his . , truly I am . I am , the son of girl. You have freed me from my chains. I will offer to you the of , and will call on name. I will pay my to , yes, in the of all his people, in the courts of house, in the middle of you, . !
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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.
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