2.  After (1) 40 YEARS in the desert, the
Hebrews reached Canaan led by (2)
JOSHUA, son of Nun.
 But a group called the (3) CANAANITES
already lived there!
 After (3) FOUR YEARS of war, the
Hebrews finally had their land back.

3.  (4) SAUL became the first king of the Israelite
Kingdom.
 Saul was famous for winning many battles and
defeating all of Israel’s enemies.
 During one battle against the (5) PHILISTINES, the
warrior (6) GOLIATH challenged the Israelite fighters.
 No one would fight him, until (7) DAVID, a young man
who played the harp for Saul, slew Goliath with a
single shot from his slingshot.
 David became famous, which made Saul jealous.

4.  King Saul actually wanted
to kill David.
 (8) GOD was angered by
this and for other things
that Saul had done.
 Saul and his three sons
were soon all killed in
battle.
 (9) DAVID was made king
around 1000BC.

5.  King David finished off the
last Israelite enemy, the (10)
PHILISTINES.
 This (11) UNITED the two
Hebrew kingdoms, (12)
ISRAEL to the north and (12)
JUDAH to the south.
 The united (13) KINGDOM
OF ISRAEL was born.
 David made (14)
JERUSALEM capital and
created the government,
army, courts, and government
officials.

6.  Jerusalem was made the holy
city because it held the (15)
ARK OF THE COVENANT.
 The Ark was a stone tablet
that held the (16) TEN
COMMANDMENTS.
 After David died, his son (17)
SOLOMON became King.
 Solomon built the huge (18)
TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM to
hold the Ark of the Covenant.
 It took (19) 3,000 WORKERS
and lots of (20) TAXES to
complete it.

7.  The Israelites did not like Solomon because
he burdened the people with heavy taxes and
forced them to work on the temple.
 Near King Solomon’s death in (21) 931 BC,
the northern Israelites broke away and
formed their own kingdom called (22)
ISRAEL.
 The southern part was once again called (23)
JUDAH and (24) JERUSALEM was still its
capital.
 This split left the Israelite people vulnerable…