World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 36
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. By , the . A is within about the of : There is no fear of before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his . The words of his are and deceit. He has ceased to be and to do good. He plots on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil. Your , , is in . Your reaches to the skies. Your is like the mountains of . Your judgments are like a great deep. , you preserve man and animal. How precious is your , ! The children of men take refuge under the . They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. For with you is the spring of life. In your we will see . Oh continue your to those who know you, your to the upright in . Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of drive me away. There the workers of are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
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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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