Perhaps your friend has studied or heard teaching about the Jewish people back before or during King David's reign? The fact is, after Saul’s death, David was made king over Judah and 7 years later he was made king over all Israel. He was probably about 30 years old when he became king and reigned from 1009 BC-969 BC.
I have studied much on all this, and its true, Judah was the kingdom from which David and later Jesus would descend. But here is a site that may help you see what I mean. I hope this helps you to understand that literally, today's Israel is not the Israel of back then.
Who were the kings of Israel and Judah?
http://www.gotquestions.org/kings-Israel-Judah.html
Their site says, "The Bible has the answers. We'll find them for you."
Solomon became king in 971 BC, possibly two years before his father David died and reigned until 931 BC. Solomon had inherited the throne of the most powerful kingdom then existing. It was an era of peace and prosperity with vast business enterprises and literary attainments.
After Solomon died, the Kingdom was divided. Ten tribes formed the Northern Kingdom, called Israel, and Judah and Benjamin formed the Southern Kingdom called Judah. (Israel back then, was the kingdom of rulers like Ahab and Jezebel.)
All the kings of Israel practiced idolatry; the worst served Baal. Many of the kings of Judah at least served idols; few served Jehovah faithfully. Some bad kings were partly good; some good kings partly bad. The kings, the approximate dates of their reign and their dispositions are listed below.
KINGS OF ISRAEL:
Jeroboam, bad, 930-909 BC
Nadab, bad, 909-908 BC
Baasha, bad, 908-886 BC
Elah, bad, 886-885 BC
Zimri, bad, 885 BC
Tibni, bad, 885-880 BC
Omri (overlap), extra bad, 885-874 BC
Ahab, the worst, 874-853 BC (Most likely due to the influence of his wife, Jezebel!)
Ahaziah, bad, 853-852 BC
Joram, bad mostly, 852-841 BC
Jehu, not good but better than the rest, 841-814 BC
Jehoahaz, bad, 814-798 BC
Joash, bad, 798-782 BC
Jeroboam II (overlap), bad, 793-753 BC
Zechariah, bad, 753 BC
Shallum, bad, 752 BC
Menahem, bad, 752-742 BC
Pekahiah, bad, 742-740 BC
Pekah (overlap), bad, 752-732 BC
Hoshea, bad, 732-722 BC
KINGS OF JUDAH:
Rehoboam, bad mostly, 933-916 BC
Abijah, bad mostly, 915-913 BC
Asa, GOOD, 912-872 BC (King Asa dethroned his own mother, she was so wicked!)
Jehoshaphat, GOOD, 874-850 BC
Jehoram, bad, 850-843 BC
Ahaziah, bad, 843 BC
Athaliah, devilish, 843-837 BC (She was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel! Married into the kingdom of Judah, and brought Baal worship into the kingdom. She was even more wicked than her mother, Jezebel, and stopped at nothing to be able to sit as ruler and QUEEN. Was the only woman to ever rule over Judah!)
Joash, good mostly, 843-803 BC
Amaziah, good mostly, 803-775 BC
Uzziah, GOOD mostly, 787-735 BC
Jotham, GOOD, 749-734 BC
Ahaz, wicked, 741-726 BC
Hezekiah, THE BEST, 726-697 BC
Manasseh, the worst, 697-642 BC
Amon, the worst, 641-640 BC
Josiah, THE BEST, 639-608 BC
Jehoahaz, bad, 608 BC
Jehoiakim, wicked, 608-597 BC
Jehoiachin, bad, 597 BC
Zedekiah, bad, 597-586 BC
My favorite scripture: Malachi 3:16
"Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name!" (Every time we speak of the Lord, or even THINK of him--its written down in a book of remembrance!)
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Originally Posted by HisLove
and that israel is killing children and innocent civilians; also, it'd be a good read for myself because i know what is being shown on the news is only one-side.
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