There were a few reasons for this, one of which was political, as the kings of England preferred to appoint bishops from the south to the northern bishoprics, hoping to counter the northern tendency towards separatism.

He is one of the few kings praised so highly as to have “ trusted in the Lord the God of Israel ; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah after him, or among those who were before him ” ().

They became " the reigning kings of American underground rock, for a few years ".

The capital Sagala ( modern Sialkot ) prospered greatly under Menander's rule and Menander is one of the few Bactrian kings mentioned by Greek authors.

Regarding the Davidic Dynasty to which King Solomon belongs, its chronology can be checked against datable Babylonian and Assyrian records at a few points, and these correspondences have allowed archeologists to date its kings in a modern framework.

Although a hard, stern man, Albert had a keen sense of justice when his own interests were not involved, and few of the German kings possessed so practical an intelligence.

For the first few years of his reign he had to face the obstacles of two strong rival kings, Wihtred of Kent and Ine of Wessex.

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings.

The archbishops held the important prerogative of the consecration of the kings of France — a privilege which they exercised ( except in a few cases ) from the time of Philippe II Augustus ( anointed 1179, reigned 1180 – 1223 ) to that of Charles X ( anointed 1825 ).

Timor was one of the few Portuguese colonies where a local language, and not a form of Portuguese, became the lingua franca: this is because Portuguese rule was indirect rather than direct, the Europeans governing through local kings who embraced Catholicism and became vassals of the King of Portugal.

One chief ( whom they have nicknamed " Billy Fish ") and a few of his men remained loyal, but the army defected and the two kings were captured.

Languedoc proper was one of the very few provinces of France which had the privilege to decide over tax matters, the kings of France having suppressed the provincial states in most other provinces of the kingdom.

Leonidas was thus one of the few Spartan kings to have ever undergone the notoriously harsh training of Spartan youth.

The Scots instead adopted the policy of slighting, or deliberately destroying, castles captured in Scotland from the English to prevent their re-use in subsequent invasions – most of the new Scottish castles built by nobles were of the tower house design ; the few larger castles built in Scotland were typically royal castles, built by the Scottish kings.

Gradually academies began to specialize on particular topics ( arts, language, sciences ) and began to be founded and funded by the kings and other sovereigns ( few republics had an academy ).

The Old Testament is replete with references to kings and commoners that go insane, and the Jewish prophets were thought to be psychologically abnormal because they acted in strange ways, departed markedly from the norm in appearance, and foretold of future events that few understood.

As a kinsman of the Conqueror and one of the few Anglo-Norman barons to remain loyal to the two successive kings William Rufus and Henry I of England, he was a prominent figure in England and Normandy.

It is a testimony to this lack of influence that there are thousands of runestones commemorating commoners, but no chronicle about the Swedish kings, prior to the 14th century ( though a list of kings was added in the Westrogothic law ), and only a few runestones that may mention kings: Gs 11 ( Emund the Old ), U 11 ( Haakon the Red ) and U 861 ( Blot-Sweyn ).

He is one of the few Bactrian kings mentioned by Greek authors, among them Apollodorus of Artemita, quoted by Strabo, who claims that the Greeks from Bactria were even greater conquerors than Alexander the Great, and that Menander was one of the two Bactrian kings, with Demetrius, who extended their power farthest into India:

It should also be borne in mind that different kings may have ruled over very different areas and that few of them can be seen as exerting any kind of close control over this " far-flung sea kingdom ".

* Israel and Judah: The two " chronicles " of Israel and Judah provided the chronological framework, but few details apart from the succession of monarchs and the account of how the Temple of Solomon was progressively stripped as true religion declined.

Assyria lasted a few more years after the loss of its fortress, but attempts by Egyptian Pharaoh Neco II to rally the Assyrians failed due to opposition from king Josiah of Judah, and it seemed to be all over by 609 BC.

In the Book of Ezekiel, Gabriel is understood to be the angel that was sent to destroy Jerusalem for its wickedness and idolatry during the late Kingdom of Judah, separating the few righteous Jews that would not be destroyed and would be exiled from the majority of wicked ones that would perish there for their iniquities and failure to return.

Assyria retained control and subjugation of Media, Persia, Aramea, Phoenicia, Israel, Judah, Asia Minor, northern Arabia, the neo Hittites and Cyprus with few problems during Ashurbanipal's reign.

He died a few years before Saadia ; his son Judah died seven months afterward.

A few decades after the fall of the Kingdom of Judah and the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people, approximately 50, 000 Jews returned to Zion following the Cyrus Declaration from 538 BC.

The synagogue was founded in the early 18th century by followers of Judah he-Hasid, but it was destroyed by Muslims a few years later in 1721.

Can we already find the roots of this approach in the writings of Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, a few years after the writing of the Guide ?... Ibn Tibbon's comments reveal his general approach toward the nature of the contradictions in the Guide: The interpreter need not be troubled by contradiction when one assertion is consistent with the " philosophic view " whereas the other is completely satisfactory to " men of religion ".

In the thirteenth century, however, only a few authorities, like Moses of London, Berechiah de Nicole, Aaron of Canterbury, and Elias of London, are known, together with Jacob ben Judah of London, author of a work on the ritual, Etz Chaim, and Meïr of Norwich, a liturgical poet.

A few minutes later, Jimmy Lennon, Jr. announced the official decision and Judah screamed out in agony and again had to be restrained by a growing number of security guards and cornermen.

There are but few emblems which may be used that are characteristically Jewish ; the interlacing triangles, the lion of Judah, and flower and fruit forms alone are generally allowable in Orthodox synagogues.

They call themselves now Hersteld Apostolische Zendingkerk-Stam Juda ( Restored Apostolic Mission Church-Tribe Judah ) which only consists of a few small groups in Amsterdam and Arnhem.

Or else the North really believes that all Southerners except a few quaint old characters have come around to realizing the errors of their past, and are now at heart sharers of the American Dream, like everybody else.

Consitutional government, popular vote, trial by jury, public education, labor unions, cooperatives, communes, socialized ownership, world courts, and the veto power in world councils are but a few examples.

We get some clue from a few remembrances of childhood and from the circumstance that we are probably not much more afraid of people now than man ever was.

More potent a charm to bring back that time of life than this record of a few pictures and a few remembered facts would be a catalogue of the minutiae which are of the very stuff of the mind, intrinsic, because they were known in the beginning not by the eye alone but by the hand that held them.

Of these there are surely few that would be more rewarding discoveries than Verner Von Heidenstam, the Swedish poet and novelist who received the award in 1916 and whose centennial was celebrated two years ago.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

are few in number, briefly worded, all different in sound ; ;

Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

Yet as an evocation of time past, there are few such successful portraits in English historical literature.

There are millions who accept this doctrine, but few indeed are those who accept it so truly that the fate of humanity lies as a weight on their souls night and day.

Upon second thought we were forced to realize that we have very few reliable historical benchmarks against which we might compare the present situation, and that conclusions that present-day students are `` more '' or `` less '' religious could not be defended on the basis of our data.

There are few things of which I am prouder than of that unblemished record.

It is an ugly business and there are few, if any, wreaths for them.

So successful has been this program, worked out by white and Negro civic leaders, that further extensions are expected in the next few months.

Among the most frequently quoted Biblical sentences are the Beatitudes and yet so few persons, other than scholars, really understand the true meaning of these eight blessings uttered by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.

Is this what our children are to come face to face with when they are ready for college in a few years??

Nonetheless, although few in number they are a stubborn crew, as tenacious of life as the Hardshell Baptists, which suggests that there is some kind of vital principle embodied in their faith.

Many belly dancers are married, but Serene is one of the few who will admit it.

Even then, a few of the `` less interesting '' questions are edited out and glibly summarized by a commentator.

`` It's because we are in France '', he said, `` and know so few people.

There are, he thought, so few true means of forgetfulness in this life that why should he shun the medicine even when the medicine seemed, as it did, a little crude??