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"Cliff Notes" Version of Ancient Israel: The Divided Kingdom

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 8:42 am
by Philip
Typically, a lot of folks are far more knowledgeable about the New Testament, and are a bit intimidated as to the great length and confusing, complex history of the OT. They might know a fair bit about David and Solomon, but they often don't understand that before the two major captivities (Babylon and Egypt), Israel had split into two competing and often warring kingdoms: A) Judah, the Southern Kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital, with kings descended from King David, and B) Israel, the Northern Kingdom, with Samaria eventually becoming its capital, with various dynasties, and composed of 10 tribes.

So, I thought I'd post this nice "cheat sheet" overview of Israel's competing kingdom histories that is easy to understand:

https://bible.org/seriespage/21-great-d ... onicles-10