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After David dies, Solomon cannot hold the empire; Israel divides into the northern kingdom and Judah, then Assyria destroys the northern kingdom and Babylon destroys Judah.
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After David dies, Solomon cannot hold the empire; Israel divides into the northern kingdom and Judah, then Assyria destroys the northern kingdom and Babylon destroys Judah.
"But David is so charismatic that when he dies, his son Solomon is not able to hold the empire together. So what happens is..."
The Bible begins, in this lecture's argument, as political spin for David: a library of collective imagination that turns usurpation, murder, and fear of rivals into legitimacy, identity, and eventually literature.
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