Judges and Kings of Israel
Riley, Leilani, and Justin
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Overarching Question:
Who was David?
What did he do?
What did Soloman do?
- Built a spacious, grand, and legendary temple that still stands today (in fact you can visit it now)
- After he died in 928 B.C. his kingdom split into two separate kingdoms
- His descendants ruled the Southern kingdom
Who was Soloman
- David's son
- Had a reputation of great wisdom
- When he was in rule of Jerusalem it prospered
- Was famous for making world-renown, sounding proverbs
Who was David
Vocab:
- Judge; Usually a warrior or a prophet who could inspire an army of volunteers to defend their land
- Exile; Separation from one's homeland
What did David do?
- King Saul's best fighter
- Shepherd and musician from the tribe of Judah
- Became King of Israel in 1000 B.C.
- Soloman's dad
- Captured Jerusalem
- After he captured Jerusalem, he made it his capital/kingdom
- Extended the borders to make a nice, wide fit for him and his army
- He nicely, and gradually donated more, and more land and goods to religious leaders
- He wrote beautiful songs, and psalms (say that 10x's fast)
- The star of David is Israel's flag symbol