Eli’s Mind

  The beginning of Hebrew History starts with Abraham a Hebrew patriarch. He was connected to the Lord himself, God. Within Hebrew religion, sacrifices are how they show their faith and respect towards God. Sacrifices are your most beloved possession, for Abraham he was convinced he had to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac, whom he loved very much. As he was stopped in the act by a guardian angel, he spares his son and sacrifices a goat instead. Isaac lives on and has two sons, one of which lives on to have two wives and 12 children, the youngest, Joseph, who was a gifted child and was treated much better than the other 11 sons. They grew a hatred to him and sold him to a slave trader from Egypt. Once Joseph was in Egypt, he had a dream that a famine would strike this area of the world and warned the Pharaoh of Egypt, saving the entire empire of Egypt from starvation. Joseph invited his Hebrew friends to come for food.  

Multiple years later when Joseph and the pharaoh died the Egyptians where scared the Hebrews would take over so they enslaved every last one of them. With the arrival of Moses and Aaron they convinced the pharaoh to let the Hebrews go, the event was titled the Exodus (early 1400 B.C) post its positive outcome.  

Later after leaving Egypt after many days of travel the Hebrews entered the Promised Land, they split into 12 tribes with a judge for each. On the border of their land lay the Canaans and the threat of war creeped over the Hebrews’ heads every second resulting in the citizens requesting a proper king. For God was their true king, he took this offensively and told Saul of the dangers and problems that will come with a mortal king. Even after Saul warned the people, they still demanded a king and God finally approved.  

The first king Saul can be viewed as a failure for he didn’t show true kingship. Samuel then found David who came from a different family, for he was strong, talented, and good looking. This caused Samuel to become jealous and he attempted to take Davids’s life many times. Saul kept failing and eventually died in a battle. David reigned and passed it on to his son Solomon, then passed to the last king Son Rehoboam. With this king entering a rebellion started splitting this kingdom into Israel and Judah. 722 B.C Israel was conquered by the Assyrians. Soon Judah was overtaken by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. 538 B.C the Persians defeat Babylonia meaning they now had control over the Hebrews. 

Many countries from then on took control over the Hebrews and abused them by taking away the religious rights, and by 70 A.D The Emperor of Rome’s son destroys Jerusalem leaving the Jewish people scattered across the globe, disconnected and weak.