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Date 1020 BCE - 721

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David and Saul, by Ernst Josephson
Map titled Palestine and the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah during the time of David and Solomon, with orange land, yellow Philistia and Phoenicia, red borders, and blue seas.
Edward John Poynter: The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon
Elijah being led to his confrontation with Ahab, 17th-century engraving
The Black Obelisk of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in the British Museum
Megiddo
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