World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 86
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A by . Hear, , and answer me, for I am and needy. Preserve , for I am godly. You, my , who trusts in you. Be merciful to me, , for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to the of , for to you, , do I lift up . For you, , are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in to all those who call on you. Hear, , my . Listen to the voice of my petitions. In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. There is no one like you among the gods, , nor any deeds like your deeds. All nations you have made will come and before you, . They shall your name. For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are alone. Teach me your way, . I will walk in your truth. Make undivided to fear your name. I will you, my , with my . I will your name more. For your is great toward me. You have from the lowest . , the proud have up against me. A company of men have sought after , and they don't hold regard for you before them. But you, , are a merciful and , , and abundant in and truth. Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to . the son of . Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, , have helped me, and comforted me.
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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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