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2 days ago · Elijah (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ dʒ ə / il-EYE-jə; Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh /YHWH"; Greek form: Elias /eːˈlias/) was, according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, an Israelite prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th ...
21 hours ago · Given that Gilgal doesn't appear in the later biblical stories of the First Temple Period, it seems possible that the site went out of use when the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in the late 8th century B.C.E. or during the subsequent cultic reforms enacted by the kings of Judah as they attempted to centralize the Israelite ...
2 days ago · Kingdom of Israel and Judah. After the Israelite conquest of Canaan, Canaan existed as a kritarchy and later, a monarchy. Under the Israelite monarchy, the Israelite tribes were united as one kingdom. However, it split into the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.
5 days ago · I and II Kings cover both the kings of Israel and Judah, but I and II Chronicles focus largely on the kings of Judah and relate events from the perspective of Judah. Israel's kings are discussed insofar as they interact with Judah.
2 days ago · Miraculous Journey takes you on a 700-page tour of Jewish history, all in one volume, from Creation to President Obama. Yosef Eisen, a noted historian and lecturer, tells the miraculous story and history of an eternal nation. Books may be ordered directly from the author.
4 days ago · Answer: Israel and Judah I and II Chronicles, however, focuses mainly on the kings of Judah, rather than on both kingdoms. The kings of Israel are mentioned in Chronicles only in so much as they interact with Judah.
1 day ago · Zionism, Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisraʾel, “the Land of Israel”). Though Zionism originated in eastern and central Europe in the latter part of the 19th century, it is in many ways a continuation of ...
