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The Tension of the Ancient Assyrian Empire
The first cities that are introducing the Bible are associated with violence. It's not hard to understand why the biblical authors take the posture they do towards human cities as being what do you say breeding grounds of deception, violence, oppression. But remember the story of Joseph when the pharaoh recognizes God's chosen image whose wisdom can rescue the nations and is elevated to a place of rule? That stuff happened and it still happens today on different local and regional levels around our world today. And so if you lived in Nineveh, you're living high.