Those promises of Israel's king ruling the nations resound also in today's Psalm. The psalm celebrates David's son, Solomon. His kingdom, we sing, will stretch "to the ends of the earth," and the ...
Before The Tokens scored their 1961 No. 1 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," The Weavers brought the song from South Africa, where Solomon Linda had recorded it as "Mbube." ("Wimoweh" is Seeger's ...