Wisdom Buildeth Her House, Chapter 3

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌⁠She was in no wise impressed, somehow, by his ceremonial officers. They lacked dignity and were familiar. Nor did Solomon's great captains please her. They were not fighters; they were strategists. They played with companies as the Persians played chess with pawns. Her own men were her ideal of soldiers, copper-colored, muscled like panthers; they would crash into an opposing army like their nativ