....was the instrument used by God to destroy Babylon and in setting the children of free from the Babylonian exile

King Jehoiachin of Judah and a large number of the kingdom's able-bodied men were captured in 597 B.C and deported to

After the death of Solomon, the kingdom was split but Judah and some Benjamites remained loyal to

One of the greatest achievements of David as king over Israel was his captured of Jerusalem for the purpose of

....was the first anointed king of Israel who took over from Samuel as ruler over the land