Answer:
1. JOSHUA LED THE ISRAELITES IN THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN
Joshua led the Israelites to conquer Canaan after the death of Moses during the trip.
2. ISRAEL WAS RULED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BY JUDGES
Before Israel had kings, they had Judges who were appointed by God in difficult times to lead the Israelites to victory over their enemies.
3. SAUL BECAME THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL.
In response to the people asking for a king, Prophet Samuel under the direction of God, anointed Saul the first king of Israel.
4. DAVID BECAME KING AND MADE JERSUSALEM HIS CAPITAL.
Saul was killed in an Philistine invasion of Israel and King David took over whereupon he moved the capital to Jerusalem in Judah.
5. SOLOMON COMMISSIONED THE FIRST TEMPLE.
After the death of David, his son, Solomon took over as King and built and commissioned the first Temple to God.
6. ISRAEL DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE KINGDOMS.
After the death of Solomon, his son Rehoboam did not accede to certain demands of the people when he became king and so the 10 tribes of Israel abandoned him to form a new kingdom thus leaving him with 2 tribes. Israel was thus divided into two.
7. NEBUCHADNEZZAR DESTROYED THE TEMPLE AND TOOK JEWS INTO CAPTIVITY IN BABLYON.
The Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar defeated Judah and destroyed the temple when the King at the time rebelled against him. He then banished the Jews to Babylon.
8. CYRUS THE GREAT OF PERSIA ALLOWED JEWS TO COMPLETE THE SECOND TEMPLE.
After the Persians defeated Babylon, Cyrus the Great issued a proclamation that allowed the Jews to go back to Canaan and complete the second Temple.
