rosin). But the assertion of Josephus is doubtful, for "balm" was son by Jacob to Egypt (Gen. xliii. 11). The opobalsamum is still called in Arabic dseri (Heb. tzeri). 2 Josephus, "Antiq." viii. 6, 46; xiv. 4, § 1; xv. 4, § 2. 3 Pliny, "H. N." xii. 54; xiii. 9. 170 SOLOMON. had the honour to find its way into one of the oldest and most valuable uncial manuscripts of the New Testament—the great Codex Alexandrinus. In the Book of Psalms, two—the Seventy- second and the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh—are, in the traditional titles, ascribed to Solomon.1 The Seventy-second is that splendid Psalm—"Give the king thy judgments, oh Lord"— which describes a righteous king ruling from sea to sea in un- troubled prosperity. If it were either by Solomon himself or due to the impulse he gave, as seems very probable, it shows that though poetry may have lost something of the passionate spontaneity which it displayed in the heart of David, it was still capable of the noblest utterances. Psalm the Lord build the house"—is one of the "Songs of Degrees," or as we should call them, "Pilgrim Songs"—"songs of the goings up"— which were perhaps sung by the caravans of pil- grims on their visits to Jerusalem at the yearly feasts. It is an exquisite picture of domestic life in the days when marriage was deemed a blessing left us from the ruins of Paradise, and the multitude of children was regarded as a direct sign of the favour of the Lord. The authorship is, however, quite un- certain, and it may have been ascribed to Solomon only from the mention of "God's beloved" (y'dîdo, "Jedidiah") in the second verse; or from the belief that the "House" spoken of meant the first Temple, whereas the reference is much less ex- clusive.2 Besides these there is at least a possibility that the
rosin). But the assertion of Josephus is doubtful, for "balm" was son by Jacob to Egypt (Gen. xliii. 11). The opobalsamum is still called in Arabic dseri (Heb. tzeri). 2 Josephus, "Antiq." viii. 6, 46; xiv. 4, § 1; xv. 4, § 2. 3 Pliny, "H. N." xii. 54; xiii. 9. 170 SOLOMON. had the honour to find its way into one of the oldest and most valuable uncial manuscripts of the New Testament—the great Codex Alexandrinus. In the Book of Psalms, two—the Seventy- second and the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh—are, in the traditional titles, ascribed to Solomon.1 The Seventy-second is that splendid Psalm—"Give the king thy judgments, oh Lord"— which describes a righteous king ruling from sea to sea in un- troubled prosperity. If it were either by Solomon himself or due to the impulse he gave, as seems very probable, it shows that though poetry may have lost something of the passionate spontaneity which it displayed in the heart of David, it was still capable of the noblest utterances. Psalm the Lord build the house"—is one of the "Songs of Degrees," or as we should call them, "Pilgrim Songs"—"songs of the goings up"— which were perhaps sung by the caravans of pil- grims on their visits to Jerusalem at the yearly feasts. It is an exquisite picture of domestic life in the days when marriage was deemed a blessing left us from the ruins of Paradise, and the multitude of children was regarded as a direct sign of the favour of the Lord. The authorship is, however, quite un- certain, and it may have been ascribed to Solomon only from the mention of "God's beloved" (y'dîdo, "Jedidiah") in the second verse; or from the belief that the "House" spoken of meant the first Temple, whereas the reference is much less ex- clusive.2 Besides these there is at least a possibility that the
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