1.39 Solomon's Legacy

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 September 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Solomon spends big time on his Temple and Palace. Hiram of Tyre bankrolls him. Solomon dies on the verge of a major rebellion led by his own slave-master, Jeroboam. I also discuss the two most important books attributed to Solomon: Proverbs, and the Song of Songs.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.8	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles. Episode 1.39.
0:44.3	Solomon's Legacy
0:46.3	In the last episode of the history in the Bible, I laid out the basic plot of King Solomon's biblical narrative,
0:56.6	which established him as the greatest king ever.
1:01.1	Solomon's building projects are the centrepiece of his story.
1:06.6	Not only does he enlist King Hiram of the Phoenician city of Tyre to carry out his programme, but institutes a corvay, a labour draft.
1:12.7	Quote, One Kings 915.
1:16.4	This was the purpose of the forced labour which Solomon imposed.
1:21.3	It was to build the house of Yave, his own palace, the Milo and the wall of Jerusalem, and to fortify Hatsur, Meghido, and Geyser, end quote.
1:34.6	The Jewish study Bible does not translate the word Milo. We don't really know what it was.
1:41.4	The Shokan Bible translates it as earth-fill. It must have been a substantial
1:47.0	structure to be mentioned in the list. Kings elaborates on the composition of the draft,
1:53.0	quote, One Kings, 920. All the people that were left of the Amarites, Hittites, Herazites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
2:04.2	who were not of Israelite stock, those of their descendants who remained in the land
2:09.9	and whom the Israelites were not able to annihilate. Of these Solomon made a slave force,
2:16.6	as is still the case.
2:18.7	But he did not reduce any Israelites to slavery.
2:22.7	They served rather as warriors and as his attendants, officials and officers,
2:29.1	and as commanders of his chariotry and cavalry.
2:32.4	End quote.
2:33.7	That last verse contradicts an earlier one.
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