@futurebird @alter_kaker
Egyptians, even Pharaohs, were from different ethnic groups over those 5k years. Exodus shows a wise Pharaoh followed by a paranoid ethnic cleanser from an invader dynasty.
Shaul was awful. Ashurbanipal was awful.
Power over people is sought by awful people. And sometimes they get that power and they become awful.
No king, no matter how righteous, protects their people from their royal descendants.