Politics · 14 · Hoshayahu
The old regime was a war machine
The monarchy centered on the military: strategy, chariots, compound bows, siege engines. Everyone was expected to serve the state's security.
Literacy served the ruling class.
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The only text David handles in the Bible's monarchic stories is a dispatch from the front.
Bible reference: 2 Samuel 11:14
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 223
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