Do you know who all the kings were? well
we do! the first king was Saul, he was not able to defeat the Philistines. David was the 2nd king , he did defeat the Philistines.
He brought all the tribes together and unified Israel. He also made Jerusalem Israels capital. The 3rd king was Salomon ,
he built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. He built so much that heavy taxes were put on the isrealites. Hope
you like and learned all about the kings in Israel , well at
least some of them.
In 721 bc the Assyrians conquered Israel. In 587 bc Babylonians
Conquered Judah and destroyed Jerusalum and the holy temple. 15,000 Jews were held as prisoners.
Only when the jews accepted the prophites explanation, they
could keep believing in their religion and survive.
During this pianful time goverment and leadership was done
by the rabbis. I guess during the end somthing good happened, they rebuilt the Holy Temple.
