Western Civilization I / Unit 2 WC1 0121 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Saul, David, Solomon, and the Divided Kingdom
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The idea
Iron-armed Philistines forced the tribes to accept a king, Saul, about ten twenty. David took Jerusalem; Solomon built the Temple with heavy taxes and forced labor. After him ten tribes formed Israel in the north, two formed Judah.
In practice
Israel cosmopolitan and often polytheist; Judah poorer, conservative, home of the prophets.
Where people slip
The anchor's one day in three of labor is its figure, attributed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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