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>, with Uriah the Hittite being a critical figure in David's lifetime

They could have wiped out the Hittites in the Levant and then other Hittites from the north arrived later. The Hittites had a large empire outside Israel.

>took up aggressive idol worship

Samaria merely worshipped El, the primary god of the Levant before Yahweh replaced him.

> should never have rebelled against Rome

The Torah says the Levant belongs to Israel, not Rome, so why shouldn't jews have rebelled?