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Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, a United Monarchy or United Kingdom of Israel [7] existed under the reigns of Saul, Eshbaal, David, and Solomon, encompassing the territories of both the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel. [8] [9] [10]
t. e. The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan 's hill country during the late second millenium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millenium BCE. This history unfolds within the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.
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In around 1020 BC, under extreme threat from foreign peoples, the tribes united to form the first united Kingdom of Israel. Samuel anointed Saul from the tribe of Benjamin as the first king in c. 1020 BC , but it was David who in c. 1006 BC created a strong unified Israelite monarchy.
Aug 26, 2022 · Kristin Weingart of Munich University analyses the Northern Kingdom under Jeroboam I at the same period, in particular a puzzling detail in 1 Kings 11:29-32. As symbol of the twelve tribes divided into two kingdoms, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite tears his garment into twelve, giving ten pieces to Jeroboam, future king of Israel.
Covenant and Treaty in the Hebrew Bible and in the Ancient Near East Samuel Greengus 4. Early Israel and Its Appearance in Canaan Lawson G. Stone 5. The Judges and the Early Iron Age Robert D. Miller II 6. The Story of Samuel, Saul, and David Daniel Bodi 7. United Monarchy: Archaeology and Literary Sources Steven M. Ortiz 8.
brought to Judah following the fall of the Northern Kingdom in the late eighth century BCE. Israel in these texts is rather a social identity pre-dating the kingdom of this name and centred around Jerusalem. Hence, ‘the early traditionsabout Saul and David preserve the memory of a strug-gle for power in the early monarchic period’ (p. 83).
