king david was the first king of israel according to the bible.
who was the first king of israel according to the bible?
king david
bullet::::- abimelech – the son of gideon, was the first man declared a king in israel.









































section::::list of kings.:house of saul.









































according to the bible, the tribes of israel lived as a confederation under "ad hoc" charismatic leaders called judges. in around 1020 bce, under extreme threat from foreign peoples, the tribes united to form the first united kingdom of israel. samuel anointed saul from the tribe of benjamin as the first king.









































bullet::::- saul (1020–1000 bce)









































bullet::::- ish-bosheth (esbaal) (1000–991 bce)









































section::::list of kings.:house of david.









































bullet::::- david (c. 1003–970 bce) – made jerusalem the capital of israel.
kings of israel and judah
rehoboam









































rehoboam (; hebrew: רְחַבְעָם‬, "rehav'am"; greek: ροβοαμ, "rovoam"; ) was the fourth king of israel according to the hebrew bible. he was a son of and the successor to solomon, and a grandson of david. in the account of i kings and ii chronicles, he was initially king of the united monarchy of israel, but after the ten northern tribes of israel rebelled in 932/931 bc to form the independent kingdom of israel (samaria), under the rule of jeroboam, rehoboam remained as king only of the kingdom of judah, or southern kingdom.









































section::::biblical background.
rehoboam