Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — Kingdom of Israel. [ARTICLE]

Kingdom of Israel.

The kingdom of Israel lasted several hundred years, during which there were more than twenty kings, beginning with Saul, who reigned from 1095 B. C to 1055 B. C.; followed in succession by David, Solomon and others to Zedekiah, who became king 597 B. C. Saul, the first of the line, was chosen and anointed as king by the propbet Samuel, who also designated David as Saul’s successor. The office was not strictly hereditary, but was supposed to spring from divine authority. All of the kings are mentioned by name in the Biblical book of Kings.