The Kingdom of Israel, also called the Kingdom of Samaria or the Northern Kingdom, was an Israelite kingdom that existed in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Its beginnings date back to the fir
William Hughes, The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel
Ruins of the royal palace of the Omiride dynasty in the city of Samaria, which was the capital of Israel from 880 BCE to 720 BCE.
Jehu's delegation to Shalmaneser III, Black Obelisk, 841โ840 BCE.
The tribute of Israel's king "Jehu of the people of the land of Omri" (Akkadian: ๐
๐๐ ๐ฅ ๐ท๐๐๐ฟ), as depicted on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III from 841 to 840 BCE. This is "the only portrayal we have in ancient Near Eastern art of an Israelite or Judaean monarch."
Ancient Israel and Judah were two Israelite kingdoms that existed in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Their history began with the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country.
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
โฆof Israel (Biblical Hebrew: ืึทืึฐืึถืึถืช ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื, romanized: Mamleแธตeแนฏ Yiลrฤสพฤl), also called the Kingdom of Samaria or the Northern Kingdom, was an Israelite kingdom that existed in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Its beginnings date back to the first half of the 10th century BCE. It controlled the areasโฆ
The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, produced by Edward Weller c. 1890
Tel Megiddo, the ruins of a Canaanite and later Israelite city
The Merneptah Stele (c. 1208 BCE) โ an Egyptian inscription by Pharaoh Merneptah โ contains the earliest known reference to "Israel", indicating a people in Canaan at that time