Kings ruled the Jewish people for about 400 years, from the time of King Saul in roughly 1000 BC until Babylonians leveled Jerusalem in 586 BC and deported the survivors as…
Israel's first king, a donkey herder named Saul, ruled Israel from the small town of Gibeah, in the hills above the Philistine war chariots down in the…
After Israel split in two, Jeroboam, first king of the northern tribes set up gold calf shrines. Apparently, he didn't want his people of Israel going back to Jerusalem's Temple to worship.…
The map of Israel and Judah changed after Philistines killed King Saul and most of his sons in battle.
David's tribe of Judah crowned him king of the powerful tribe. The…