800s BC - Kingdom of Israel, 809-800 BC, List of State Leaders in 800s BC (Paperback)

Chapters: Kingdom of Israel, 809-800 Bc, List of State Leaders in 800s Bc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Kingdom of Israel (Hebrew: , Modern Tiberian )) was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also often called the 'Kingdom of Israel'). It existed roughly from the 930s BCE until about the 720s BCE, when the kingdom was conquered by the Assyrian Empire. The major cities of the kingdom were Shechem, Tirzah, and Shomron (Samaria). Historians often refer to ancient Israel as the Northern Kingdom to differentiate it from the Southern Kingdom of Judah. In the Hebrew Bible, the Kingdom of Israel has been referred to as "House of Joseph." It has also been referred to as "Israel in Samaria." The territory of the Kingdom of Israel comprised the territories of the tribes of Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, Manasseh, Ephraim, Reuben and Gad. Its capital was Samaria. The united Kingdom of Israel existed from about 1030 to about 930 BCE. It was a union of all the twelve Israelite tribes living in the area that presently approximates modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. An artist's depiction of a royal palace in the Kingdom of Israel.After the death of Solomon in about 931 BCE, all the Israelite tribes except for Judah and Benjamin (called the ten northern tribes) refused to accept Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, as their king. The rebellion against Rehoboam arose after he refused to lighten the burden of taxation and services that his father had imposed on his subjects. Jeroboam, who was not of the Davidic line, was sent for from Egypt by the malcontents. The Tribe of Ephraim and all Israel raised the old cry, "Every man to his tents, O Israel." Rehoboam fled to Jerusalem, and in 930 BCE (some date it ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=17424