Sunday Sermonette: The magnificence of Dear Leader

The first part of chapter four is basically an administrative directory -- the names of Solomon ' s cabinet officers and provincial governors. Since these events purportedly happened centuries before this was written, I have no idea why anybody is supposed to care about this list of names.  The second part is like North Korean propaganda. Kim Jong Un bowled 300 five times in a row, wrote a symphony when he was five years old, that sort of thing. Just a reminder, which shoudn ' t be necessary by now, but according to the archaeological and historical evidence, Israel at this time was at most a collection of small villages. This might kingdom existed only in this book. Note also that we are given not a single example of Solomon ' s wisdom, or his thousand and five songs. (The psalms are traditionally attributed to David, BTW.)4 King Solomon was king over all Israel,2 and these were his high officials: Azari ′ah the son of Zadok was the priest;3 Elihor ′eph and Ahi′jah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehosh′aphat the son of Ahi′lud was recorder;4 Benai ′ah the son of Jehoi′ada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abi′athar were priests;5 Azari ′ah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend;6 Ahi ′shar was in charge of the palace; and Adoni′ram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided foo...
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