Segment 9: The People With a King
Presenter: Kathleen A. Farmer
Because of the military threat of the Philistines, the people of Israel wanted a king like other nations. Saul, the first king, failed in his calling. David, the second king, consolidated the tribes into a single political unit that held together only through the reign of his son Solomon. The kingdom split in two — the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and the Southern Kingdom (Judah). Both kingdoms were overrun by foreign powers and their people carried into exile. The biblical historians, writing from the perspective of the Exile, show the kings of Israel and Judah were at times both faithful and faithless in carrying out their call.
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