They would be taken away as slaves if they still disobeyed him. They were taken as slaves to Babylon.
That would be the kingdom of Israel. The Southern Kingdom was called Judah.
That would be the kingdom of Israel. The Southern Kingdom was called Judah.
Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah in Israel. He would be Jewish as a man.
One example would be Judah Maccabee (and his followers).
It is announced in 1 Kings 11:29-40 and can be read in the subsequent chapters. Jeroboam would have 10 tribes to be known as the House of Israel or Northern Kingdom while Rehoboam would have Judah and Benjamin and be known as the House of Judah or Southern Kingdom.
Judah was promised he would become as powerful as a lion and rule over others. The Messiah, the one promised to deliver all the people from sin would come from Judah's family.
Judah. The full 12 tribe nation of Israel spilt after the death of Solomon. The northern nation was still called Israel and was 10 tribes. The southern nation was predominantly the tribe of Judah, and they would occasionally war against each other.
There was no Israel in 587 BCE. Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BCE.If perhaps the question was referring to the Kingdom of Judah which would be destroyed one year later by the Babylonians, the King of Judah at that time was King Zedekiah son of Josiah.
The question as posed is impossible to answer. Reasons: Israel was the Northern Kingdom and Judah was the Southern Kingdom. As a result it is hard to tell which one you are referring to when you say "The Southern Kingdom of Israel". Secondly the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah reigned for a few hundred years and therefore had many kings. Without specifying an exact event or year or period, it would be impossible to know which king you want to know about.
Jerusalem was in the country of Judah. The Old Testament also talks of a brief United Monarchy of Israel, which would place the city in the far south of Israel for this period.
Judah didn't have an advantage. Israel had the advantage because it was near the sea and had the Jordan River running through it.
AnswerThe monotheistic Jews, who began to dominate Judah from the time of King Josiah, would have regarded worship of other gods as a great evil. All the kings of Israel and all the earlier kings of Judah, with the possible exception of Hezekia, were polytheist.