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The Creation of History in Ancient Israel (Routledge, 1995) Cook, Stephen L., The social roots of biblical Yahwism (Society of Biblical Literature, 2004) Day, John (ed.), In search of pre-exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (T&T Clark International, 2004) Frevel, Christian, History of Ancient Israel (SBL Press, 2023)
According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, a United Monarchy or United Kingdom of Israel [7] existed under the reigns of Saul, Ish-bosheth, David, and Solomon, encompassing the territories of both the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel. [8] [9] [10]
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The article deals with the biblical and historical kings of the Land of Israel—Abimelech of Sichem, the three kings of the United Kingdom of Israel and those of its successor states, Israel and Judah, followed in the Second Temple period, part of classical antiquity, by the kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties.
The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (circa 722 BCE), and the Kingdom of Judah by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (586 BCE). Initially exiled to Babylon, upon the defeat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (538 BCE), many of the Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, building the Second ...
[16] [17] [18] The Bible also portrays the kingdoms of Israel and Judah as the successors of an earlier United Kingdom of Israel, though the historicity of the latter is disputed. [19] [20] Jews and Samaritans both trace their ancestry to the ancient Israelites.
David (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ d /; Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד , romanized: Dāwīḏ, "beloved one") [a] [5] was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, [6] [7] according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Kingdom of Judah was located in the Judean Mountains, stretching from Jerusalem to Hebron and into the Negev Desert.The central ridge, ranging from forested and shrubland-covered mountains gently sloping towards the hills of the Shephelah in the west, to the dry and arid landscapes of the Judaean Desert descending into the Jordan Valley to the east, formed the kingdom's core.