Alliances
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Framed by dividing a victim into two parts, between which the contracting parties passed, praying the similar cutting up of him who should violate the treaty (Gen_15:10; Jer_34:18-2)). Hence the Hebrew and Greek for to make a treaty is "to cut" it. Forbidden with the doomed Canaanites (Deu_7:2; Jdg_2:2). But peaceable relations with other nations as distinguished from copying their idolatries, were encouraged (Deu_2:25; Deu_15:6; Gen_27:29). Solomon's alliance with Tyre for building the temple and other purposes was altogether right (1Ki_5:2-12; 1Ki_9:27); and Tyre is subsequently reproved for not remembering the brotherly covenant (Amo_1:9). But alliances by marriage with idolaters are reprobated as incentives to latitudinarianism first and at last, to conformity with paganism (Deu_7:3-6).
Solomen's alliance with Pharaoh by marriage was the precursor of importing horses contrary to the law, leaning too much on human forces, and of contracting alliances with Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite wives, who seduced him from God. Hence the care to guard against the same evil, at the return from Babylon (Ezra 9; 10; Nehemiah 13; Mal_2:11-17). When pagans renounced idolatry for Israel's God, Israelites might lawfully wed them, as Rahab, Ruth, Zipporah. Shishak's invasion of Rehoboam's kingdom was probably due to Shishak's alliance with Jeroboam of Israel (2 Chronicles 12; 1Ki_14:25, etc.). Ahaz' appeal to Tiglath Pileser for help against Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria opened the way to Assyrian and Babylonian predominance (2 Kings 16). Asa's alliance with Benhadad against Baasha was the turning point from good to evil in his life (2Ch_14:15-16; 1Ki_15:16, etc.).
Jehoshaphat's alliance with ungodly Ahab and Ahaziah his son was the only blot on his character, and involved him in loss and reproof from God (2 Chronicles 18; 2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_20:35-37). Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram's marriage with Ahab's daughter, Athaliah, was fatal to him and to Ahaziah and his other sons except Joash (2 Chronicles 21; 22). Hoshea's alliance with So or Sabacho of Egypt was his encouragement to rebel against Assyria, and brought on him the overthrow of Israel by Shalmaneser (2Ki_17:4). Hezekiah was tempted to lean on Egypt against the Assyrian Sennacherib (Isa_30:2), and Tirhakah of Ethiopia did make a diversion in his favor (2Ki_19:9). Josiah on the other hand was Assyria's ally against Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, and fell a victim to meddling in the world's quarrels (2Ch_35:20-25).
Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, leant on Egypt, and Pharaoh Hophra raised the siege of Jerusalem for a time; but Nebuchadnezzar returned and took it (Jer_37:1-5; Jer_37:39). A "covenant of salt" (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5) expresses one indissoluble and incorruptible, as salt was sprinkled on the victim, implying incorruption and sincerity (Lev_2:13). A pillar was sometimes set up (Gen_31:45-52). Presents were sent by the seeker of the alliance (1Ki_15:18; Isa_30:6). Violation of it brought down divine wrath, even when made with a pagan (Jos_9:18; Jos_9:2 Samuel 21; Eze_17:16).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Alliances. On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine, no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings, alliances became essential to the security of their commerce. Solomon concluded two important treaties exclusively for commercial purposes;
1) the first, with Hiram, king of Tyre, 1Ki_5:2-12; 1Ki_9:27,
2) the second, with a Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 1Ki_10:28-29.
When war broke out between Amaziah I and Jeroboam II, a coalition was formed between Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, on the one side, and Ahaz and Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, on the other. 2Ki_16:5-9. The formation of an alliance was attended with various religious rites. A victim was slain and divided into two parts, between which the contracting parties passed. Gen_15:10.
Generally speaking, the oath alone is mentioned in the contracting of alliances, either between nations, Jos_9:15, or individuals. Gen_25:28; Gen_31:53; 1Sa_20:17; 2Ki_11:4. The event was celebrated by a feast. Genesis 1; Exo_24:11; 2Sa_3:12; 2Sa_3:20. Salt, as symbolical of fidelity, was used on these occasions.
Occasionally, a pillar or a heap of stones was set up as a memorial of the alliance. Gen_31:52. Presents were also sent by the parties soliciting the alliance. 1Ki_15:18; Isa_30:6; 1Ma_16:18. The fidelity of the Jews to their engagements was conspicuous at all periods of their history, Jos_9:18, and any breach of covenant was visited with very severe punishment. 2Sa_21:1; Eze_17:16.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
From a dread lest the example of foreign nations should draw the Israelites into the worship of idols, they were made a peculiar and separate people, and intercourse and alliance with such nations were strongly interdicted (Lev_18:3-4; Lev_20:22-23). The tendency to idolatry was in those times so strong, that the safety of the Israelites lay in the most complete isolation that could be realized; and it was to assist this object that a country more than usually separated from others by its natural boundaries was assigned to them. It was shut in by the sea on the west, by deserts on the south and east, and by mountains and forests on the north. Among a people so situated we should not expect to hear much of alliances with other nations.
By far the most remarkable alliance in the political history of the Hebrews is that between Solomon and Hiram king of Tyre, which may primarily be referred to the affection which the latter entertained for David (1Ki_5:2). He 'sent carpenters and masons' to build David an house (2Sa_5:11), and wishing to cultivate the friendly intercourse thus opened with the Hebrew nation, on the death of David he sent an embassy to condole with Solomon on the death of his father, and to congratulate him on his accession (1Ki_5:1). The plans of the young king rendered the friendship of Hiram a matter of importance, and accordingly 'a league' was formed (1Ki_5:12) between them and that this league had a reference not merely to the special matter then in view, but was a general league of amity, is evinced by the fact that more than 250 years after, a prophet denounces the Lord's vengeance upon Tyre, because she 'remembered not the brotherly covenant' (Amo_1:9). Under this league large bodies of Jews and Phoenicians were associated, first in preparing the materials for the Temple (1Ki_5:6-18), and afterwards in navigating the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean (1Ki_9:26-28). The disastrous consequences of even the seemingly least objectionable alliances may be seen in the long train of evils, both to the kingdom of Israel and of Judah, which ensued from the marriage of Ahab with Jezebel, the king of Tyre's daughter [AHAB; JEZEBEL]. These consequences had been manifested even in the time of Solomon; for he formed matrimonial alliances with most of the neighboring kingdoms, and to the influence of his idolatrous wives are ascribed the abominations which darkened the latter days of the wise king (1Ki_11:1-8).
The prophets, who were alive to these consequences, often raised their voices against such dangerous connections (1Ki_11:11; 2Ch_16:7; 2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_25:7, etc.; Isa_7:17), without effect. The Jewish history, after Solomon, affords examples of several treaties with different kings of Syria, and with the kings of Assyria and Babylon (see 1Ki_15:16-20; 2Ki_16:5, etc.; 2Ch_18:16, etc.). In later times, the Maccabees appear to have considered themselves unrestrained by any but the ordinary prudential considerations in contracting alliances. The most remarkable alliance of this kind was the treaty made with the Romans by Judas Maccabaeus, which, having been concluded at Rome, was graven upon brass and deposited in the Capitol (1Ma_8:22-28; Josephus, Antiq. xii. 10).
Anterior to the Mosaic institutions, such alliances with foreigners were permitted, or at least tolerated. Abraham was in alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen_14:13); he also entered into a regular treaty of alliance, being the first on record, with the Philistine king Abimelech (Gen_21:22, seq.), which was renewed by their sons (Gen_26:26-30). Even after the law, it appears, from some of the instances already adduced, that such alliances with distant nations as could not be supposed to have any dangerous effect upon the religion or morals of the people, were not deemed to be interdicted. The treaty with the Gibeonites is a remarkable proof of this. Believing that the ambassadors came from a great distance, Joshua and the elders readily entered into an alliance with them; and are condemned for it only on the ground that the Gibeonites were in fact their near neighbors (Jos_9:3-27).
From the time of the patriarchs, a covenant of alliance was sealed by the blood of some victim. A heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtle dove, and a young pigeon, were immolated in confirmation of the covenant between the Lord and Abraham (Gen_15:9). The animal or animals sacrificed were cut in two (except birds, Gen_15:10), to typify the doom of perjurers. For allusions to this usage see Jer_34:18; Susanna 55, 59; Mat_24:51; Luk_12:46. The perpetuity of covenants of alliance thus contracted is expressed by calling them 'covenants of salt' (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5), salt being the symbol of incorruption. The case of the Gibeonites affords an exemplary instance, scarcely equaled in the annals of any nation, of scrupulous adherence to such engagements. The Israelites had been absolutely cheated into the alliance; but, having been confirmed by oaths, it was deemed to be inviolable (Jos_9:19). The prophet Ezekiel (Eze_17:13-16) pours terrible denunciations upon King Zedekiah, for acting contrary to his sworn covenant with the king of Babylon. In this respect the Jews were certainly most favorably distinguished among the ancient nations; and, from numerous intimations in Josephus, it appears that their character for fidelity to their engagements was so generally recognized after the Captivity, as often to procure for them highly favorable consideration from the rulers of Western Asia and of Egypt.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Solomen's alliance with Pharaoh by marriage was the precursor of importing horses contrary to the law, leaning too much on human forces, and of contracting alliances with Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite wives, who seduced him from God. Hence the care to guard against the same evil, at the return from Babylon (Ezra 9; 10; Nehemiah 13; Mal_2:11-17). When pagans renounced idolatry for Israel's God, Israelites might lawfully wed them, as Rahab, Ruth, Zipporah. Shishak's invasion of Rehoboam's kingdom was probably due to Shishak's alliance with Jeroboam of Israel (2 Chronicles 12; 1Ki_14:25, etc.). Ahaz' appeal to Tiglath Pileser for help against Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria opened the way to Assyrian and Babylonian predominance (2 Kings 16). Asa's alliance with Benhadad against Baasha was the turning point from good to evil in his life (2Ch_14:15-16; 1Ki_15:16, etc.).
Jehoshaphat's alliance with ungodly Ahab and Ahaziah his son was the only blot on his character, and involved him in loss and reproof from God (2 Chronicles 18; 2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_20:35-37). Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram's marriage with Ahab's daughter, Athaliah, was fatal to him and to Ahaziah and his other sons except Joash (2 Chronicles 21; 22). Hoshea's alliance with So or Sabacho of Egypt was his encouragement to rebel against Assyria, and brought on him the overthrow of Israel by Shalmaneser (2Ki_17:4). Hezekiah was tempted to lean on Egypt against the Assyrian Sennacherib (Isa_30:2), and Tirhakah of Ethiopia did make a diversion in his favor (2Ki_19:9). Josiah on the other hand was Assyria's ally against Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, and fell a victim to meddling in the world's quarrels (2Ch_35:20-25).
Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, leant on Egypt, and Pharaoh Hophra raised the siege of Jerusalem for a time; but Nebuchadnezzar returned and took it (Jer_37:1-5; Jer_37:39). A "covenant of salt" (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5) expresses one indissoluble and incorruptible, as salt was sprinkled on the victim, implying incorruption and sincerity (Lev_2:13). A pillar was sometimes set up (Gen_31:45-52). Presents were sent by the seeker of the alliance (1Ki_15:18; Isa_30:6). Violation of it brought down divine wrath, even when made with a pagan (Jos_9:18; Jos_9:2 Samuel 21; Eze_17:16).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Alliances. On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine, no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings, alliances became essential to the security of their commerce. Solomon concluded two important treaties exclusively for commercial purposes;
1) the first, with Hiram, king of Tyre, 1Ki_5:2-12; 1Ki_9:27,
2) the second, with a Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 1Ki_10:28-29.
When war broke out between Amaziah I and Jeroboam II, a coalition was formed between Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, on the one side, and Ahaz and Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, on the other. 2Ki_16:5-9. The formation of an alliance was attended with various religious rites. A victim was slain and divided into two parts, between which the contracting parties passed. Gen_15:10.
Generally speaking, the oath alone is mentioned in the contracting of alliances, either between nations, Jos_9:15, or individuals. Gen_25:28; Gen_31:53; 1Sa_20:17; 2Ki_11:4. The event was celebrated by a feast. Genesis 1; Exo_24:11; 2Sa_3:12; 2Sa_3:20. Salt, as symbolical of fidelity, was used on these occasions.
Occasionally, a pillar or a heap of stones was set up as a memorial of the alliance. Gen_31:52. Presents were also sent by the parties soliciting the alliance. 1Ki_15:18; Isa_30:6; 1Ma_16:18. The fidelity of the Jews to their engagements was conspicuous at all periods of their history, Jos_9:18, and any breach of covenant was visited with very severe punishment. 2Sa_21:1; Eze_17:16.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
From a dread lest the example of foreign nations should draw the Israelites into the worship of idols, they were made a peculiar and separate people, and intercourse and alliance with such nations were strongly interdicted (Lev_18:3-4; Lev_20:22-23). The tendency to idolatry was in those times so strong, that the safety of the Israelites lay in the most complete isolation that could be realized; and it was to assist this object that a country more than usually separated from others by its natural boundaries was assigned to them. It was shut in by the sea on the west, by deserts on the south and east, and by mountains and forests on the north. Among a people so situated we should not expect to hear much of alliances with other nations.
By far the most remarkable alliance in the political history of the Hebrews is that between Solomon and Hiram king of Tyre, which may primarily be referred to the affection which the latter entertained for David (1Ki_5:2). He 'sent carpenters and masons' to build David an house (2Sa_5:11), and wishing to cultivate the friendly intercourse thus opened with the Hebrew nation, on the death of David he sent an embassy to condole with Solomon on the death of his father, and to congratulate him on his accession (1Ki_5:1). The plans of the young king rendered the friendship of Hiram a matter of importance, and accordingly 'a league' was formed (1Ki_5:12) between them and that this league had a reference not merely to the special matter then in view, but was a general league of amity, is evinced by the fact that more than 250 years after, a prophet denounces the Lord's vengeance upon Tyre, because she 'remembered not the brotherly covenant' (Amo_1:9). Under this league large bodies of Jews and Phoenicians were associated, first in preparing the materials for the Temple (1Ki_5:6-18), and afterwards in navigating the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean (1Ki_9:26-28). The disastrous consequences of even the seemingly least objectionable alliances may be seen in the long train of evils, both to the kingdom of Israel and of Judah, which ensued from the marriage of Ahab with Jezebel, the king of Tyre's daughter [AHAB; JEZEBEL]. These consequences had been manifested even in the time of Solomon; for he formed matrimonial alliances with most of the neighboring kingdoms, and to the influence of his idolatrous wives are ascribed the abominations which darkened the latter days of the wise king (1Ki_11:1-8).
The prophets, who were alive to these consequences, often raised their voices against such dangerous connections (1Ki_11:11; 2Ch_16:7; 2Ch_19:2; 2Ch_25:7, etc.; Isa_7:17), without effect. The Jewish history, after Solomon, affords examples of several treaties with different kings of Syria, and with the kings of Assyria and Babylon (see 1Ki_15:16-20; 2Ki_16:5, etc.; 2Ch_18:16, etc.). In later times, the Maccabees appear to have considered themselves unrestrained by any but the ordinary prudential considerations in contracting alliances. The most remarkable alliance of this kind was the treaty made with the Romans by Judas Maccabaeus, which, having been concluded at Rome, was graven upon brass and deposited in the Capitol (1Ma_8:22-28; Josephus, Antiq. xii. 10).
Anterior to the Mosaic institutions, such alliances with foreigners were permitted, or at least tolerated. Abraham was in alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen_14:13); he also entered into a regular treaty of alliance, being the first on record, with the Philistine king Abimelech (Gen_21:22, seq.), which was renewed by their sons (Gen_26:26-30). Even after the law, it appears, from some of the instances already adduced, that such alliances with distant nations as could not be supposed to have any dangerous effect upon the religion or morals of the people, were not deemed to be interdicted. The treaty with the Gibeonites is a remarkable proof of this. Believing that the ambassadors came from a great distance, Joshua and the elders readily entered into an alliance with them; and are condemned for it only on the ground that the Gibeonites were in fact their near neighbors (Jos_9:3-27).
From the time of the patriarchs, a covenant of alliance was sealed by the blood of some victim. A heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtle dove, and a young pigeon, were immolated in confirmation of the covenant between the Lord and Abraham (Gen_15:9). The animal or animals sacrificed were cut in two (except birds, Gen_15:10), to typify the doom of perjurers. For allusions to this usage see Jer_34:18; Susanna 55, 59; Mat_24:51; Luk_12:46. The perpetuity of covenants of alliance thus contracted is expressed by calling them 'covenants of salt' (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5), salt being the symbol of incorruption. The case of the Gibeonites affords an exemplary instance, scarcely equaled in the annals of any nation, of scrupulous adherence to such engagements. The Israelites had been absolutely cheated into the alliance; but, having been confirmed by oaths, it was deemed to be inviolable (Jos_9:19). The prophet Ezekiel (Eze_17:13-16) pours terrible denunciations upon King Zedekiah, for acting contrary to his sworn covenant with the king of Babylon. In this respect the Jews were certainly most favorably distinguished among the ancient nations; and, from numerous intimations in Josephus, it appears that their character for fidelity to their engagements was so generally recognized after the Captivity, as often to procure for them highly favorable consideration from the rulers of Western Asia and of Egypt.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
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