06.05. Judges and Kings

Judges and Kings

After the death of Joshua, the people tended to forsake God and worship gods from the nations around them. They did not live according to the standard that was set before them by God through Moses. Throughout the time of the Judges and Kings, there were cycles of disobedience and then punishment. When the Israelites cried out to God because of the oppression, God would send them a judge to deliver them. Eventually, their rebellion was so bad that God sent them into exile. The Northern kingdom was the first to go in 723 BC and the Southern kingdom was exiled between 605 BC and 586 BC by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.