is the archetypal evil king while David is the standard of a good king. All the kings of Israel follow the ways of Jeroboam. Only Jehu attempts to do the Lord's will, but even he fails.

The robber expected David to reward him handsomely, showing bias along tribal lines, but the issues of civil war never ...

This king has been identified with the last king of Israel, Hoshea, who died around the same time, at the time of the Assyrian exile of the ten tribes from Israel. The holy Japanese shinto temple ...