World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 91
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He who dwells in the secret place of will rest in the shadow of . I will say of , "He is my refuge and my ; my , in whom I ." For he will you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers. Under his you will take refuge. His is your shield and rampart. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks , nor of the that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your ; but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes, and see the of . Because you have made your refuge, and your , no evil shall happen to you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he will put his in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and underfoot. "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will him, and him. I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my ."
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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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