Chapter V: The Kingdom

(1067-977 B. C. E.)

KINGS.

Saul, David, Solomon.

=1067.= =Saul= anointed king.

The Philistines defeated at Michmash.

Jabesh-Gilead saved from the Ammonites.

Agag, king of Amalek, defeated.

=David= anointed king.

The Gibeonites massacred by order of Saul.

David slays Goliath.

David flees before Saul, and leads the life of an
outlaw. He is on friendly terms with the king of
Moab, with Nahash, the Ammonite king, and Achish,
the Philistine king.

ZADOK high priest.

1055. Saul and Jonathan die in a battle with the
Philistines near Mount Gilboa.

1055. David king of Judah; Ishbosheth king of the
trans-Jordanic tribes.

1051-1049. Civil war between the houses of Saul and David.

_David sole king_ of the whole people; reigns at
Hebron for seven years.

Nathan and Gad prophets.

Jerusalem made the capital after the conquest of
the Jebusites.

The Philistines defeated at Mount Baal-Perazim.

Abiathar high priest in Jerusalem; Zadok in Gibeon.

The descendants of Saul, except Mephibosheth,
killed by the Gibeonites.

David victorious over Moabites, Ammonites, and
others.

Revolt of Absalom.

Sheba’s insurrection.

=Solomon= anointed king by Nathan.

1015. Death of David; succession of Solomon.

1014. Solomon begins the first Temple.

Zadok sole high priest.

1007. THE FIRST TEMPLE CONSECRATED.

Solomon establishes a fleet. Roads built. Commerce
extended. Foreign alliances.

The kingdom at its greatest extent. Literature
flourishes. Idolatry introduced.

Rebellion of JEROBOAM.

977. Death of Solomon.