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97:9.1 There never were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites#The_Twelve_Tribes twelve tribes of the Israelites]—only three or four [[tribes]] settled in [[Palestine]]. The [[Hebrew]] nation came into being as the result of the [[union]] of the so-called Israelites and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. "And the children of [[Israel]] dwelt among the Canaanites. And they took their daughters to be their [[wives]] and gave their daughters to the sons of the Canaanites."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Judges#Chapter_.3] The [[Hebrews]] never drove the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] out of [[Palestine]], notwithstanding that the [[priests]]' [[record]] of these things unhesitatingly declared that they did.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.21]

97:9.1 There never were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites#The_Twelve_Tribes twelve tribes of the Israelites]—only three or four [[tribes]] settled in [[Palestine]]. The [[Hebrew]] nation came into being as the result of the [[union]] of the so-called Israelites and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. "And the children of [[Israel]] dwelt among the Canaanites. And they took their daughters to be their [[wives]] and gave their daughters to the sons of the Canaanites."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Judges#Chapter_.3] The [[Hebrews]] never drove the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites] out of [[Palestine]], notwithstanding that the [[priests]]' [[record]] of these things unhesitatingly declared that they did.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.21]

97:9.2 The Israelitish [[consciousness]] took [[origin]] in the hill country of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraim]; the later [[Jewish]] [[consciousness]] originated in the southern [[clan]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Judah]. The [[Jews]] (Judahites) always sought to defame and blacken the [[record]] of the northern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] (Ephraimites).

97:9.2 The Israelitish [[consciousness]] took [[origin]] in the hill country of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraim]; the later [[Jewish]] [[consciousness]] originated in the southern [[clan]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Judah]. The [[Jews]] (Judahites) always sought to defame and blacken the [[record]] of the northern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] (Ephraimites).

97:9.3 Pretentious [[Hebrew]] [[history]] begins with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s rallying the northern [[clans]] to withstand an [[attack]] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites] upon their fellow tribesmen—the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead Gileadites]—east of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan]. With an army of a little more than three thousand he defeated the enemy, and it was this exploit that led the hill [[tribes]] to make him [[king]]. When the [[exiled]] [[priests]] rewrote this [[story]], they raised [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s army to 330,000 and added "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiJudah Judah]" to the list of [[tribes]] participating in the battle.

97:9.3 Pretentious [[Hebrew]] [[history]] begins with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s rallying the northern [[clans]] to withstand an [[attack]] by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites] upon their fellow tribesmen—the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead Gileadites]—east of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan]. With an army of a little more than three thousand he defeated the enemy, and it was this exploit that led the hill [[tribes]] to make him [[king]]. When the [[exiled]] [[priests]] rewrote this [[story]], they raised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s army to 330,000 and added "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiJudah Judah]" to the list of [[tribes]] participating in the battle.

97:9.4 [[Immediately]] following the defeat of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] was made [[king]] by popular [[election]] by his troops. No [[priest]] or [[prophet]] participated in this affair. But the [[priests]] later on put it in the [[record]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] was crowned [[king]] by the [[prophet]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] in accordance with [[divine]] directions. This they did in order to [[establish]] a "divine line of [[descent]]" for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s Judahite kingship.

97:9.4 [[Immediately]] following the defeat of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] was made [[king]] by popular [[election]] by his troops. No [[priest]] or [[prophet]] participated in this affair. But the [[priests]] later on put it in the [[record]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] was crowned [[king]] by the [[prophet]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] in accordance with [[divine]] directions. This they did in order to [[establish]] a "divine line of [[descent]]" for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s Judahite kingship.

97:9.5 The greatest of all [[distortion]]s of [[Jewish]] [[history]] had to do with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s victory over the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites] (which he ascribed to [[Yahweh]]) the [[Philistines]] became alarmed and began attacks on the northern [[clans]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] never could [[agree]]. David with six hundred men entered into a [[Philistine]] alliance and marched up the coast to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esdraelon Esdraelon]. At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gath_(city) Gath] the [[Philistines]] ordered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] off the field; they feared he might go over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]. David retired; the [[Philistines]] attacked and defeated Saul. They could not have done this had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] been [[loyal]] to [[Israel]]. David's army was a polyglot assortment of malcontents, being for the most part made up of [[social]] misfits and [[fugitive]]s from [[justice]].

97:9.5 The greatest of all [[distortion]]s of [[Jewish]] [[history]] had to do with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. After [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s victory over the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_(nation) Ammonites] (which he ascribed to [[Yahweh]]) the [[Philistines]] became alarmed and began attacks on the northern [[clans]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] never could [[agree]]. David with six hundred men entered into a [[Philistine]] alliance and marched up the coast to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esdraelon Esdraelon]. At [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gath_(city) Gath] the [[Philistines]] ordered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] off the field; they feared he might go over to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]. David retired; the [[Philistines]] attacked and defeated Saul. They could not have done this had [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] been [[loyal]] to [[Israel]]. David's army was a polyglot assortment of malcontents, being for the most part made up of [[social]] misfits and [[fugitive]]s from [[justice]].

97:9.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s tragic defeat at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] by the [[Philistines]] brought [[Yahweh]] to a low point among the gods in the eyes of the [[surrounding]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. Ordinarily, Saul's defeat would have been ascribed to [[apostasy]] from [[Yahweh]], but this time the Judahite [[editors]] [[attributed]] it to [[ritual]] errors. They required the [[tradition]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] as a background for the kingship of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David].

97:9.6 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s tragic defeat at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] by the [[Philistines]] brought [[Yahweh]] to a low point among the gods in the eyes of the [[surrounding]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. Ordinarily, Saul's defeat would have been ascribed to [[apostasy]] from [[Yahweh]], but this time the Judahite [[editors]] [[attributed]] it to [[ritual]] errors. They required the [[tradition]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel] as a background for the kingship of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David].

97:9.7 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] with his small army made his [[headquarters]] at the non-Hebrew city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. Presently his compatriots proclaimed him [[king]] of the new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah kingdom of Judah]. Judah was made up mostly of non-Hebrew elements—[[Kenites]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calebites Calebites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebusites Jebusites], and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. They were [[nomads]]—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herders]—and so were [[devoted]] to the [[Hebrew]] [[idea]] of [[land]] ownership. They held the [[ideologies]] of the [[desert]] clans.

97:9.7 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] with his small army made his [[headquarters]] at the non-Hebrew city of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron]. Presently his compatriots proclaimed him [[king]] of the new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah kingdom of Judah]. Judah was made up mostly of non-Hebrew elements—[[Kenites]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calebites Calebites], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebusites Jebusites], and other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanites Canaanites]. They were [[nomads]]—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herders]—and so were [[devoted]] to the [[Hebrew]] [[idea]] of [[land]] ownership. They held the [[ideologies]] of the [[desert]] clans.

97:9.8 The [[difference]] between [[sacred]] and [[profane]] [[history]] is well [[illustrated]] by the two differing [[stories]] concerning making [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] [[king]] as they are found in the [[Old Testament]]. A part of the [[secular]] [[story]] of how his [[immediate]] followers (his army) made him [[king]] was inadvertently left in the [[record]] by the [[priests]] who subsequently [[prepared]] the lengthy and prosaic account of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] wherein is depicted how the [[prophet]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel]], by divine direction, selected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] from among his brethren and proceeded [[formally]] and by elaborate and [[solemn]] [[ceremonies]] to anoint him [[king]] over the [[Hebrews]] and then to proclaim him [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s successor.

97:9.8 The [[difference]] between [[sacred]] and [[profane]] [[history]] is well [[illustrated]] by the two differing [[stories]] concerning making [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] [[king]] as they are found in the [[Old Testament]]. A part of the [[secular]] [[story]] of how his [[immediate]] followers (his army) made him [[king]] was inadvertently left in the [[record]] by the [[priests]] who subsequently [[prepared]] the lengthy and prosaic account of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] wherein is depicted how the [[prophet]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Samuel]], by divine direction, selected [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] from among his brethren and proceeded [[formally]] and by elaborate and [[solemn]] [[ceremonies]] to anoint him [[king]] over the [[Hebrews]] and then to proclaim him [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s successor.

97:9.9 So many times did the [[priests]], after [[preparing]] their [[fictitious]] [[narratives]] of [[God]]'s [[miraculous]] dealings with [[Israel]], fail fully to delete the plain and matter-of-fact [[statements]] which already rested in the [[records]].

97:9.9 So many times did the [[priests]], after [[preparing]] their [[fictitious]] [[narratives]] of [[God]]'s [[miraculous]] dealings with [[Israel]], fail fully to delete the plain and matter-of-fact [[statements]] which already rested in the [[records]].

97:9.10 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] sought to build himself up [[politically]] by first [[marrying]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s daughter, then the [[widow]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabal Nabal] the rich [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom Edomite], and then the daughter of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmai Talmai], the king of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geshur Geshur]. He took six wives from the [[women]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebus Jebus], not to mention [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba Bathsheba], the [[wife]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittite Hittite].

97:9.10 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] sought to build himself up [[politically]] by first [[marrying]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s daughter, then the [[widow]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabal Nabal] the rich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom Edomite], and then the daughter of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmai Talmai], the king of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geshur Geshur]. He took six wives from the [[women]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebus Jebus], not to mention [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba Bathsheba], the [[wife]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittite Hittite].

97:9.11 And it was by such [[methods]] and out of such people that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] built up the [[fiction]] of a [[divine]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah kingdom of Judah] as the successor of the [[heritage]] and [[traditions]] of the vanishing northern kingdom of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ephraim Ephraimite] [[Israel]]. David's [[cosmopolitan]] tribe of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Judah] was more gentile than Jewish; nevertheless the oppressed [[elders]] of Ephraim came down and "anointed him [[king]] of [[Israel]]." After a [[military]] threat, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] then made a compact with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebusites Jebusites] and [[established]] his [[capital]] of the united kingdom at Jebus ([[Jerusalem]]), which was a strong-walled [[city]] midway between Judah and Israel. The [[Philistines]] were aroused and soon attacked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. After a fierce battle they were defeated, and once more [[Yahweh]] was established as "The Lord God of Hosts."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.5]

97:9.11 And it was by such [[methods]] and out of such people that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] built up the [[fiction]] of a [[divine]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah kingdom of Judah] as the successor of the [[heritage]] and [[traditions]] of the vanishing northern kingdom of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ephraim Ephraimite] [[Israel]]. David's [[cosmopolitan]] tribe of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah Judah] was more gentile than Jewish; nevertheless the oppressed [[elders]] of Ephraim came down and "anointed him [[king]] of [[Israel]]." After a [[military]] threat, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] then made a compact with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebusites Jebusites] and [[established]] his [[capital]] of the united kingdom at Jebus ([[Jerusalem]]), which was a strong-walled [[city]] midway between Judah and Israel. The [[Philistines]] were aroused and soon attacked [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. After a fierce battle they were defeated, and once more [[Yahweh]] was established as "The Lord God of Hosts."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.5]

97:9.12 But [[Yahweh]] must, perforce, [[share]] some of this [[glory]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion Canaanite gods], for the bulk of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s army was non-Hebrew. And so there appears in your [[record]] (overlooked by the Judahite [[editors]]) this telltale [[statement]]: "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me. Therefore he called the name of the place Baal-Perazim."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.5] And they did this because eighty per cent of David's soldiers were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites].

97:9.12 But [[Yahweh]] must, perforce, [[share]] some of this [[glory]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion Canaanite gods], for the bulk of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s army was non-Hebrew. And so there appears in your [[record]] (overlooked by the Judahite [[editors]]) this telltale [[statement]]: "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me. Therefore he called the name of the place Baal-Perazim."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.5] And they did this because eighty per cent of David's soldiers were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalites].

97:9.13 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] explained [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s defeat at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul#Battle_of_Gilboa_and_the_death_of_Saul Gilboa] by pointing out that Saul had attacked a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite city], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon_(ancient_city) Gibeon], whose people had a [[peace]] treaty with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraimites]. Because of this, [[Yahweh]] forsook him. Even in Saul's time David had defended the Canaanite [[city]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keilah Keilah] against the [[Philistines]], and then he located his [[capital]] in a Canaanite city. In keeping with the [[policy]] of [[compromise]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canannites Canaanites], David turned seven of Saul's descendants over to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon Gibeonites] to be hanged.

97:9.13 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] explained [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul Saul]'s defeat at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul#Battle_of_Gilboa_and_the_death_of_Saul Gilboa] by pointing out that Saul had attacked a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite city], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon_(ancient_city) Gibeon], whose people had a [[peace]] treaty with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraimites]. Because of this, [[Yahweh]] forsook him. Even in Saul's time David had defended the Canaanite [[city]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keilah Keilah] against the [[Philistines]], and then he located his [[capital]] in a Canaanite city. In keeping with the [[policy]] of [[compromise]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canannites Canaanites], David turned seven of Saul's descendants over to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon Gibeonites] to be hanged.

97:9.14 After the defeat of the [[Philistines]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] gained [[possession]] of the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant ark of Yahweh],"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.6] brought it to [[Jerusalem]], and made the [[worship]] of [[Yahweh]] official for his kingdom. He next laid heavy tribute on the neighboring tribes—the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom Edomites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab Moabites], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon Ammonites], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrians].

97:9.14 After the defeat of the [[Philistines]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David] gained [[possession]] of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant ark of Yahweh],"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Book_of_Samuel#Chapter_.6] brought it to [[Jerusalem]], and made the [[worship]] of [[Yahweh]] official for his kingdom. He next laid heavy tribute on the neighboring tribes—the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom Edomites], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab Moabites], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon Ammonites], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syrians].

97:9.15 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s corrupt [[political]] [[machine]] began to get [[personal]] [[possession]] of [[land]] in the north in violation of the [[Hebrew]] [[mores]] and presently gained [[control]] of the caravan tariffs formerly collected by the [[Philistines]]. And then came a series of atrocities climaxed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_the_Hittite murder of Uriah]. All [[judicial]] [[appeals]] were [[adjudicated]] at [[Jerusalem]]; no longer could " the [[elders]] " mete out [[justice]]. No [[wonder]] [[rebellion]] broke out. Today, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom Absalom] might be called a [[demagogue]]; his [[mother]] was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite]. There were a half dozen contenders for the throne besides the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba Bathsheba]—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon].

97:9.15 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s corrupt [[political]] [[machine]] began to get [[personal]] [[possession]] of [[land]] in the north in violation of the [[Hebrew]] [[mores]] and presently gained [[control]] of the caravan tariffs formerly collected by the [[Philistines]]. And then came a series of atrocities climaxed by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_the_Hittite murder of Uriah]. All [[judicial]] [[appeals]] were [[adjudicated]] at [[Jerusalem]]; no longer could " the [[elders]] " mete out [[justice]]. No [[wonder]] [[rebellion]] broke out. Today, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom Absalom] might be called a [[demagogue]]; his [[mother]] was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite Canaanite]. There were a half dozen contenders for the throne besides the son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba Bathsheba]—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon].

97:9.16 After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s [[death]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] purged the [[political]] [[machine]] of all northern [[influences]] but continued all of the [[tyranny]] and taxation of his [[father]]'s [[regime]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] [[bankrupted]] the [[nation]] by his lavish [[court]] and by his elaborate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon#Building_and_other_works building program]: There was the house of Lebanon, the palace of Pharaoh's daughter, the [[temple]] of [[Yahweh]], the king's palace, and the restoration of the walls of many [[cities]]. Solomon created a vast [[Hebrew]] navy, operated by Syrian sailors and trading with all the world. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harem harem] numbered almost one thousand.

97:9.16 After [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]'s [[death]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] purged the [[political]] [[machine]] of all northern [[influences]] but continued all of the [[tyranny]] and taxation of his [[father]]'s [[regime]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] [[bankrupted]] the [[nation]] by his lavish [[court]] and by his elaborate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon#Building_and_other_works building program]: There was the house of Lebanon, the palace of Pharaoh's daughter, the [[temple]] of [[Yahweh]], the king's palace, and the restoration of the walls of many [[cities]]. Solomon created a vast [[Hebrew]] navy, operated by Syrian sailors and trading with all the world. His [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harem harem] numbered almost one thousand.

97:9.17 By this time [[Yahweh]]'s [[temple]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh Shiloh] was discredited, and all the [[worship]] of the [[nation]] was centered at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebus Jebus] in the gorgeous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple royal chapel]. The northern kingdom returned more to the [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim]. They enjoyed the [[favor]] of the [http://www.archaeowiki.org/Rulers_of_Egypt Pharaohs], who later enslaved [http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiKingdom_of_Judah Judah], putting the southern kingdom under tribute.

97:9.17 By this time [[Yahweh]]'s [[temple]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh Shiloh] was discredited, and all the [[worship]] of the [[nation]] was centered at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebus Jebus] in the gorgeous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple royal chapel]. The northern kingdom returned more to the [[worship]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim]. They enjoyed the [[favor]] of the [https://www.archaeowiki.org/Rulers_of_Egypt Pharaohs], who later enslaved [https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiKingdom_of_Judah Judah], putting the southern kingdom under tribute.

97:9.18 There were ups and downs—wars between [[Israel]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiKingdom_of_Judah Judah]. After four years of [[civil war]] and three [[dynasties]], [[Israel]] fell under the rule of [[city]] [[despots]] who began to trade in [[land]]. Even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Omri King Omri] attempted to buy Shemer's estate. But the end drew on apace when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalmaneser_III Shalmaneser III] decided to [[control]] the [[Mediterranean]] coast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab King Ahab] of Ephraim gathered ten other groups and [[resisted]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkar Karkar]; the battle was a draw. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyrian] was stopped but the allies were decimated. This great fight is not even mentioned in the [[Old Testament]].

97:9.18 There were ups and downs—wars between [[Israel]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiKingdom_of_Judah Judah]. After four years of [[civil war]] and three [[dynasties]], [[Israel]] fell under the rule of [[city]] [[despots]] who began to trade in [[land]]. Even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Omri King Omri] attempted to buy Shemer's estate. But the end drew on apace when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalmaneser_III Shalmaneser III] decided to [[control]] the [[Mediterranean]] coast. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab King Ahab] of Ephraim gathered ten other groups and [[resisted]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkar Karkar]; the battle was a draw. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyrian] was stopped but the allies were decimated. This great fight is not even mentioned in the [[Old Testament]].

97:9.19 New trouble started when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab King Ahab] tried to buy [[land]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naboth Naboth]. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenician] [[wife]] forged Ahab's name to papers directing that Naboth's [[land]] be confiscated on the charge that he had [[blasphemed]] the names of " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim] and the [[king]]." He and his sons were promptly executed. The vigorous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] appeared on the scene denouncing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] for the murder of the Naboths. Thus Elijah, one of the greatest of the [[prophets]], began his teaching as a defender of the old [[land]] [[mores]] as against the land-selling [[attitude]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalim], against the attempt of the [[cities]] to dominate the country. But the reform did not succeed until the [[Rural|country]] landlord [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu Jehu] joined forces with the [[gypsy]] chieftain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehonadab Jehonadab] to destroy the [[prophets]] (real estate agents) of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria].

97:9.19 New trouble started when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab King Ahab] tried to buy [[land]] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naboth Naboth]. His [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenician] [[wife]] forged Ahab's name to papers directing that Naboth's [[land]] be confiscated on the charge that he had [[blasphemed]] the names of " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim Elohim] and the [[king]]." He and his sons were promptly executed. The vigorous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah] appeared on the scene denouncing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab Ahab] for the murder of the Naboths. Thus Elijah, one of the greatest of the [[prophets]], began his teaching as a defender of the old [[land]] [[mores]] as against the land-selling [[attitude]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baalim], against the attempt of the [[cities]] to dominate the country. But the reform did not succeed until the [[Rural|country]] landlord [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu Jehu] joined forces with the [[gypsy]] chieftain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehonadab Jehonadab] to destroy the [[prophets]] (real estate agents) of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria].

97:9.20 New life appeared as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah Jehoash] and his son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam Jeroboam] delivered [[Israel]] from its enemies. But by this time there ruled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] a [[Crime|gangster]]-[[nobility]] whose depredations rivaled those of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Davidic] [[dynasty]] of olden days. [[State]] and [[church]] went along hand in hand. The attempt to suppress [[freedom]] of speech led [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] to begin their [[secret]] [[writing]], and this was the real beginning of the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Christian_Bible Christian] [[Bible]]s.

97:9.20 New life appeared as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah Jehoash] and his son [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam Jeroboam] delivered [[Israel]] from its enemies. But by this time there ruled in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria] a [[Crime|gangster]]-[[nobility]] whose depredations rivaled those of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Davidic] [[dynasty]] of olden days. [[State]] and [[church]] went along hand in hand. The attempt to suppress [[freedom]] of speech led [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos Amos], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea] to begin their [[secret]] [[writing]], and this was the real beginning of the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Christian_Bible Christian] [[Bible]]s.

97:9.21 But the northern kingdom did not vanish from [[history]] until the [[king]] of [[Israel]] [[conspired]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Egypt king of Egypt] and refused to pay further tribute to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. Then began the three years' siege followed by the total [[dispersion]] of the northern kingdom. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraim] ([[Israel]]) thus vanished. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah]—the Jews, the " remnant of Israel "—had begun the [[concentration]] of land in the hands of the few, as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] said, " Adding house to house and field to field. " Presently there was in [[Jerusalem]] a [[temple]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] alongside the temple of [[Yahweh]]. This reign of [[terror]] was ended by a [[monotheistic]] revolt led by the boy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoash_of_Israel king Joash], who [[crusaded]] for [[Yahweh]] for thirty-five years.

97:9.21 But the northern kingdom did not vanish from [[history]] until the [[king]] of [[Israel]] [[conspired]] with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Egypt king of Egypt] and refused to pay further tribute to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. Then began the three years' siege followed by the total [[dispersion]] of the northern kingdom. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim Ephraim] ([[Israel]]) thus vanished. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah]—the Jews, the " remnant of Israel "—had begun the [[concentration]] of land in the hands of the few, as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] said, " Adding house to house and field to field. " Presently there was in [[Jerusalem]] a [[temple]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] alongside the temple of [[Yahweh]]. This reign of [[terror]] was ended by a [[monotheistic]] revolt led by the boy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoash_of_Israel king Joash], who [[crusaded]] for [[Yahweh]] for thirty-five years.

97:9.22 The next king, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah Amaziah], had trouble with the revolting tax-paying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edomites Edomites] and their [[neighbors]]. After a signal victory he turned to [[attack]] his northern neighbors and was just as signally defeated. Then the [[rural]] folk revolted; they [[assassinated]] the king and put his sixteen-year-old son on the throne. This was Azariah], called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzziah Uzziah] by [http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. After Uzziah, things went from bad to worse, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] existed for a hundred years by paying tribute to the kings of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first told them that [[Jerusalem]], being the city of [[Yahweh]], would never fall. But [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] did not hesitate to proclaim its downfall.

97:9.22 The next king, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaziah_of_Judah Amaziah], had trouble with the revolting tax-paying [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edomites Edomites] and their [[neighbors]]. After a signal victory he turned to [[attack]] his northern neighbors and was just as signally defeated. Then the [[rural]] folk revolted; they [[assassinated]] the king and put his sixteen-year-old son on the throne. This was Azariah], called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzziah Uzziah] by [https://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]. After Uzziah, things went from bad to worse, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] existed for a hundred years by paying tribute to the kings of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah] the first told them that [[Jerusalem]], being the city of [[Yahweh]], would never fall. But [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] did not hesitate to proclaim its downfall.

97:9.23 The real undoing of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] was [[effected]] by a [[corrupt]] and rich ring of [[politicians]] operating under the rule of a boy king, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasseh Manasseh]. The changing [[economy]] favored the return of the [[worship]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal], whose [[private]] [[land]] dealings were against the [[ideology]] of [[Yahweh]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria#Assyria_after_the_Empire fall of Assyria] and the ascendency of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] brought deliverance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] for a time, and the country folk took over. Under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah Josiah] they destroyed the [[Jerusalem]] ring of [[corrupt]] [[politicians]].

97:9.23 The real undoing of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] was [[effected]] by a [[corrupt]] and rich ring of [[politicians]] operating under the rule of a boy king, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manasseh Manasseh]. The changing [[economy]] favored the return of the [[worship]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal], whose [[private]] [[land]] dealings were against the [[ideology]] of [[Yahweh]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria#Assyria_after_the_Empire fall of Assyria] and the ascendency of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] brought deliverance to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah Judah] for a time, and the country folk took over. Under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah Josiah] they destroyed the [[Jerusalem]] ring of [[corrupt]] [[politicians]].

97:9.24 But this era came to a [[tragic]] end when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah#Foreign_relations Josiah] presumed to go out to intercept [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necho_II Necho]'s mighty army as it moved up the coast from Egypt for the aid of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria] against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon]. He was wiped out, and Judah went under tribute to Egypt. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] political party returned to [[power]] in [[Jerusalem]], and thus began the real Egyptian bondage. Then ensued a period in which the Baalim politicians controlled both the [[courts]] and the [[priesthood]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[worship]] was an [[economic]] and [[social]] system dealing with [[property]] [[rights]] as well as having to do with [[soil]] [[fertility]].

97:9.24 But this era came to a [[tragic]] end when [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah#Foreign_relations Josiah] presumed to go out to intercept [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necho_II Necho]'s mighty army as it moved up the coast from Egypt for the aid of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria Assyria] against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon]. He was wiped out, and Judah went under tribute to Egypt. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] political party returned to [[power]] in [[Jerusalem]], and thus began the real Egyptian bondage. Then ensued a period in which the Baalim politicians controlled both the [[courts]] and the [[priesthood]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[worship]] was an [[economic]] and [[social]] system dealing with [[property]] [[rights]] as well as having to do with [[soil]] [[fertility]].

97:9.25 With the overthrow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necho_II Necho] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar], Judah fell under the rule of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] and was given ten years of [[grace]], but soon rebelled. When Nebuchadnezzar came against them, the Judahites started social reforms, such as releasing [[slaves]], to [[influence]] [[Yahweh]]. When the Babylonian army temporarily withdrew, the [[Hebrews]] rejoiced that their [[magic]] of reform had delivered them. It was during this period that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] told them of the impending [[doom]], and presently [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar] returned.

97:9.25 With the overthrow of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necho_II Necho] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar], Judah fell under the rule of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] and was given ten years of [[grace]], but soon rebelled. When Nebuchadnezzar came against them, the Judahites started social reforms, such as releasing [[slaves]], to [[influence]] [[Yahweh]]. When the Babylonian army temporarily withdrew, the [[Hebrews]] rejoiced that their [[magic]] of reform had delivered them. It was during this period that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] told them of the impending [[doom]], and presently [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar] returned.

97:9.26 And so the end of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah#Destruction_and_dispersion Judah] came suddenly. The [[city]] was destroyed, and the people were carried away into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylon]. The [[Yahweh]]-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[struggle]] ended with the [[captivity]]. And the [[captivity]] shocked the remnant of [[Israel]] into [[monotheism]].

97:9.26 And so the end of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah#Destruction_and_dispersion Judah] came suddenly. The [[city]] was destroyed, and the people were carried away into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylon]. The [[Yahweh]]-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal Baal] [[struggle]] ended with the [[captivity]]. And the [[captivity]] shocked the remnant of [[Israel]] into [[monotheism]].

97:9.27 In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] the [[Jews]] arrived at the conclusion that they could not exist as a small [[group]] in [[Palestine]], having their own peculiar [[social]] and [[economic]] [[customs]], and that, if their [[ideologies]] were to prevail, they must [[convert]] the gentiles. Thus originated their new [[concept]] of [[destiny]]—the [[idea]] that the Jews must become the chosen servants of [[Yahweh]]. The [[Jewish]] [[religion]] of the [[Old Testament]] really evolved in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylon] during the captivity.

97:9.27 In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon] the [[Jews]] arrived at the conclusion that they could not exist as a small [[group]] in [[Palestine]], having their own peculiar [[social]] and [[economic]] [[customs]], and that, if their [[ideologies]] were to prevail, they must [[convert]] the gentiles. Thus originated their new [[concept]] of [[destiny]]—the [[idea]] that the Jews must become the chosen servants of [[Yahweh]]. The [[Jewish]] [[religion]] of the [[Old Testament]] really evolved in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_captivity Babylon] during the captivity.

97:9.28 The [[doctrine]] of [[immortality]] also took form at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Babylonian_religion Babylon]. The Jews had [[thought]] that the [[idea]] of the [[future]] life detracted from the emphasis of their gospel of [[social]] [[justice]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Gospel]. Now for the first time [[theology]] displaced [[sociology]] and [[economics]]. [[Religion]] was taking shape as a [[system]] of [[human]] [[thought]] and conduct more and more to be separated from [[politics]], [[sociology]], and [[economics]].

97:9.28 The [[doctrine]] of [[immortality]] also took form at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Babylonian_religion Babylon]. The Jews had [[thought]] that the [[idea]] of the [[future]] life detracted from the emphasis of their gospel of [[social]] [[justice]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Gospel]. Now for the first time [[theology]] displaced [[sociology]] and [[economics]]. [[Religion]] was taking shape as a [[system]] of [[human]] [[thought]] and conduct more and more to be separated from [[politics]], [[sociology]], and [[economics]].

97:9.29 And so does the [[truth]] about the Jewish people disclose that much which has been regarded as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] turns out to be little more than the chronicle of ordinary [[profane]] [[history]]. [[Judaism]] was the [[soil]] out of which [[Christianity]] grew, but the Jews were not a [[miraculous]] people.

97:9.29 And so does the [[truth]] about the Jewish people disclose that much which has been regarded as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_history sacred history] turns out to be little more than the chronicle of ordinary [[profane]] [[history]]. [[Judaism]] was the [[soil]] out of which [[Christianity]] grew, but the Jews were not a [[miraculous]] people.

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<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_97 Go to Paper 97]</center>