Jeroboam, who had set up golden calves in Bethel, is the archetypal evil king while David is the standard of a good king. All the kings of Israel follow the ways of Jeroboam. Only Jehu attempts to ...

This divide never healed. Jeroboam, the first king of the newly-separated Kingdom of Israel, established Shechem as his capital. Later, the capital was moved to Tirzah and then, finally ...