The Kingdoms Of Judah And Israel

2 Id- When was the kingdom of Judah conquered by the Babylonians? Who destroyed the northern kingdom (Israel) and when? Who were the Prophets within Judaism and what was the focus of their message? How what they did and said can be compared to what Jesus did and said? When did Jewish people transition from pastoralism to agriculture and from being nomadic to sedentary?

When Solomon died in 931 B.C., the United Kingdom of Israel was split in two: 10 tribes in the North formed Israel and the 2 remaining tribes in the South continued under the name of Judah. God punished the Northern Kingdom for their idolatry and in 722 B.C. it was conquered by the Assyrians. The people were taken into captivity and they never returned to their homeland. The Southern Kingdom survived until 586 B.C. when it fell to the Babylonians.

Hebrews formed a loosely organized confederation after they returned to Canaan to rejoin other Hebrew tribes. They lasted for about two hundred years, until they got closer under a king. David and his son Solomon reign in the tenth century B.C. Israel got to its best moment when the Hebrews were under Solomon’s kingdom. The disintegration of the Jew community started during the first half of the fifth century

Israel and Judah survived the collapse of the united monarchy for 50 years after it fell. This was due mostly to the fact that there was no state that had achieved dominance around them (cite book pg. 158). After Omri was able to reform his alliance with Phoenicia Israel’s relations with Judah changed for the better. To symbolize the union between the two kingdoms, Ahab’s daughter was married to Jehoram of

.C. King David, strong and clever, was able to unite feuding Israelite tribes. His son was able make Jerusalem a great capital, as well as a temple dedicated to God. David’s son also tried to increase influence by compromising with strong empires in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Eventually, the Israelites had to pay for Solomon’s ambitions. Since the buildings needed

Judah- The southern kingdom of Israel after the split, survived about a century longer than it’s northern counterpart, by sometimes acting rebellious and sometimes paying tribute to the Neo-Assyrians or the Neo-Babylonians, was eventually taken over by the Neo-Babylonian monarch, Nebuchadnezzar, when he captured Jerusalem in 587 B.C.E., destroyed the temple, and deported skilled workers and the royal family to Babylon where they prospered. (84-85)

After Solomon died, the kingdom was divided into two: the Northern Kingdom, called Israel and the Southern Kingdom, called Judah. Common elements of two nations are that both the kings of Israel and Judah practiced idolatry. One of the most terrible king of Israel is king Ahab who ignores the God and spread idol worship of Baal. Although many of the kings served idols, a few kings of Judah served the God faithfully. One of the good kings of Judah is king Jehoshaphat who worshiped the God and educate his people do so too.

Aside from conflicting religions, Jewish people also encountered other problems with the monarchy. Hebrews believed that Yahweh was their king and his laws were their laws. In the monarchy, the tribes of Israel appointed a human king and obeyed his laws instead of divine law. This created conflict between the Hebrews that followed the laws of the king, and the Jewish that followed Yahweh and the law of the Torah. The Children of Israel that settled in Palestine between 1250 and 1050 BC found themselves amidst a corrupt monarchy. The monarchy thrived on arbitrary power, large divisions in the economical gap, vast poverty, heavy taxation, slavery, bribery and

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

Jerusalem was the heart of the kingdom of Judah. With its destruction the country lost its political and religious centre. The city had a population of tens of thousands of people at that time, after its destruction and the exile of the urban elite the pattern of settlement completely changed. Jerusalem and its close vicinity has been erased, but other parts of Judah, especially the Benjamin region, the Northern highlands, the Repha’im valley and some parts south of Jerusalem continued to exist.

At the conclusion of the Old Testament, Israel’s religious and political posture had not changed much towards regaining their foothold as a sovereign nation. Although the Israelites made advancements in restoring the temple and reestablishing the Mosaic Law, they still remain under the decree of a powerful nation, the Persian Empire. No one from the Davidic royal line was able to defeat the Persians or regain the throne for the Jewish people.

Judah, the southern kingdom, came under threat from the Babylonians during the time of Jeremiah the Prophet which was from 628 until 586 B.C.E. Egypt had aided Judah during the first threat in 588 B.C.E. and Judah did not fall. However, during the second attack on Judah the monarchs were not able to defend Judah and

In conclusion, despite the fact that Jerusalem barely met the criteria of what one would consider "a great city", various religious connotations contribute to the shaping and rising up of the city over time. Specific geography and topography features have close interactions with numerous hierophanies that took place in Jerusalem in biblical times. Hierophanies manifested the sacredness of Jerusalem, portraying it as an axis mundi, a universal pillar that connects the heavens, the earth, and the underworld together through the center. Therefore, Jerusalem has become a holy land that is closer to God than other places in the earthy realm. Most importantly, God used David as a human instrument to bring about His divine purpose to put His name

Jeroboam, the son of Nebat decedent in the tribe of Ephraim was the first King of the Northern Kingdom. Rehoboam, son of King Solomon from the tribe of Judah became the first King of the Southern Kingdom.

The people of Judah were faced with many difficult decisions as the Babylonians gathered outside the gates of Jerusalem. Their existence had been threatened before by the Assyrians and God had saved them before. But this time seemed different. The city of Jerusalem is corrupt and dirty and the people of Judah are unfaithful and misguided. The help of God which destroyed the much larger Assyrian army will not be so forthcoming this time. As the people search for a solution, they are presented with various opinions and predictions from different people. There are prophets, priests, and kings who all claim to know the truth and claim to be the help that the people of Judah so desire. The Judahites need to navigate all of these predictions and all of the forecasts. They can let history be their guide, they can participate in critical arguments, and they can consider each point carefully. But in the end each Judahite must decide where their allegiance will lie and if it will help keep them alive.