Psalm 151 1

ASV Byzantine Text 8 include this book

1 I was small among my brethren, And youngest in my father’s house: I tended my father’s sheep.

2 My hands formed a musical instrument, And my fingers tuned a psaltery.

3 And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord himself, he himself heareth.

4 He sent forth his angel, And took me from my father’s sheep, And he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.

5 My brethren were handsome and tall; But the Lord did not take pleasure in them.

6 I went forth to meet the Philistine; And he cursed me by his idols.

7 But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, And removed reproach from the children of Israel.

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Not known unknown Psalm 151; a Hebrew form was found at Qumran, but its origin is unknown.

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 200 BC–100 BC Anonymous
Psalm 151; a Hebrew version was found at Qumran.

Events overlapping the period this book is dated to (200 BC–100 BC).

1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
500 BC–500 AD The Nazca lines South America
Vast figures drawn on the Peruvian desert, visible only from the surrounding hills.
322 BC–185 BC The Mauryan empire India
The first empire to unite most of the Indian subcontinent.
280 BC–130 BC Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek Egypt
The Septuagint was produced in Alexandria, making the Hebrew scriptures readable across the Greek-speaking world.
264 BC–146 BC Punic wars Rome
Rome defeated Carthage in three wars, becoming the dominant western Mediterranean power.
206 BC–220 AD The Han dynasty China
Four centuries of Chinese rule contemporary with the whole of Roman expansion.
167 BC–160 BC Maccabean revolt Levant
Judean resistance to Seleucid suppression of Jewish practice, producing a period of independence under the Hasmoneans.
130 BC–100 BC The Silk Road opens Asia
Regular overland trade linked Han China to the Mediterranean, carrying goods, disease and ideas.

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