Abraham. The first Jew, the O.G. Abraham Avinu was the original Hebrew (“Ivri”). Avraham Avinu blazed the path for each of us to connect to G-d in our own way. In many ways, he is like Classic Coke – ...

After a few days of settling into King Saul’s court ... he announces that his eldest daughter will marry into the Tribe of Judah. The decision seems to appease everyone involved, including Mychal.

the intense devotion between the warrior Jonathan and David, who later became king of Israel and Judah. For many readers, their relationship represents a platonic ideal, while others see something ...

Judah and Co.’s descendants squabbled over subsequent biblical books, leading to a divided Israelite kingdom shortly after the reign of King Solomon. Ten of the tribes were exiled by the ...

Genesis 49 first finds fulfillment in King David, a “man after God’s own heart” who descended from the tribe of Judah. David won every battle and became a great king over the other tribes of Israel, ...

The first kings were Saul, David and Solomon. Under the kings David ... During his reign, the Kingdom of Israel split into two. Rehoboam remained king of the southern tribes called the Kingdom of ...

The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles retell some of the same stories of Israel and Judah ... of all 12 tribes of Israel. Rather, they focus especially on (you guessed it!) the family of David and ...

The theme recurs regularly as King David first struggles to defeat Saul, his rival from the tribe of Benjamin, and later puts down an armed insurrection by his own son Absalom. In the modern era ...

Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has become the first Nollywood ... as Sugar Rush (229,060), which had a 13-week run, and King of Boys (220,565), which had a 17-week run at the ...

Combining these verses, we can calculate that David was approximately 70 years old at his death. He became king at 30 and ruled for 40 total years—7 in Hebron over the tribe of Judah and 33 in ...

The substantial historicity of the united monarchy of Judah — the reigns of King Saul around 1037–1010 B.C., King David around 1010–970 B.C. and King Solomon around 970–931 B.C. — was ...