King James Version · The united kingdom
Psalms 97
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reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and are round about him: and are the habitation of his . A goeth before him, and burneth up his round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the of , at the of of the whole earth. declare his , and all the people see his . Confounded be all they that graven , that boast themselves of idols: him, all ye gods. heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O . For thou, , art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. Ye that love , hate evil: he preserveth the of his ; he delivereth them out of the hand of . is sown for , and gladness for the upright in . Rejoice in , ye ; and at the remembrance of his .
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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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