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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."[http://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.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Numbers#Chapter_.21]

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]

97:9.2 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 [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).

97:9.10 [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 [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].

97:9.11 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."[http://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 [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]

97:9.12 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."[http://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 [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].

97:9.13 [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 [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.

97:9.14 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],"[http://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]], [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].

97:9.15 [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 [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].

97:9.19 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 [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].

97:9.20 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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Christian_Bible Christian] [[Bible]]s.

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.

97:9.21 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 [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.

97:9.29 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 [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.

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[[Category:Paper 97 - Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews]]

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