Cagle Grams:
James H. Cagle
Guest Columnist
“And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it...And...I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also...And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 3:7-10 KJV).
Israel was originally a united nation with 12 tribes. Under the reign of Rehoboam, the nation was divided into 10 northern tribes, with Samaria as their capital, and two southern tribes, with Jerusalem as their capital
