Where is Israel?
 Main Idea: The Israelites chose a king to unite them
against their enemies.
 Around 1000 BC, the Philistines were the strongest group
in Canaan.
 The Israelites asked Samuel to choose a king for them.
Samuel was a prophet, a person who was thought to be
instructed by God.
 Samuel, at the request of the Israelites, anoints Saul
 Saul becomes the first king of Israel.
 According to the Bible, God was not happy with Saul
because he disobeyed the Ten Commandments.
 Unknown to Saul, God then chose David to rule.
 David was a young shepherd.
 The Philistine and Israelite
army were lined up to fight and
the Philistines were much
stronger.
 Goliath, the strongest Philistine
warrior marched in front of the
Israelites, challenging any of
them to fight him one-on-one.
None would, until David
walked out.
 With one stone from his sling,
David killed Goliath and the
Philistine army ran in fear.
 Goes on to serve in Saul’s court
and become the next king
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David united the Tribes of Canaan
Creates an empire
Makes Jerusalem the capital
Known as Israelites greatest king
TEMPLE CLIP
 David’s son, became king after he died.
 Known for his proverbs, or wise sayings.
 “You will be safe if you always do right, but you will get caught, if
you are dishonest.”
 Built a huge temple in Jerusalem that became the center of
the Jewish world. Was supposedly were the original Ten
Commandments were kept in a room called the Holy of the
Holies.
 When Solomon died, northerners rebelled and fighting
started. Many angry over the high price of the temple.
 Tribes separated
 North Israel = 10 tribes
 Kingdom of Israel
 Capital was Samaria
 South Israel = 2 tribes
 Kingdom of Judah
 Capital was Jerusalem
 Assyrians & Chaldeans = building empires in SW Asia
(Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent) – want control of trade route
through Israelite’s Kingdom.
 Prophets = brought hope
 Warned Israelites that going to temple was not enough
 Said people please God by living a moral life and helping others
 All must work towards Jewish goal = creating a just society
 722 B.C. Assyrians conquered Israel and scattered 10 tribes
across empire = known as the “lost tribes of Israel”
 new culture = Samaritans (“elsewhere” settlers mixed with
surviving Israelites in Samaria)
 adopted many Israelites beliefs
 Judaism – religious practices from Judah (Israelites faith)
Conquered by Assyrians
722BC and assimilated by
other peoples, thus being
lost to history; belief persists
in some places that the tribes
will one day be found; claims
have been made that
American Indians, Japanese,
and other groups are
descendants of the tribes.
 Egyptians conquered Judah in 620 B.C. (however this rule was
short lived)
 Chaldeans then conquered Egypt and became new rulers of
Judah
 Nebuchadnezzar – Chaldean king who captured Jerusalem. He
punished Jews severely –appointed a new Jewish king & then He
CRUSHED JERUSALEM – destroyed the temple, bound the king in
chains, and exiled (forced to leave their homeland) 10,000 Jews to
Babylon (Chaldean capital) = this exile was known as the Babylonian
Captivity