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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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David and Saul, by Ernst Josephson
David and Saul, by Ernst Josephson This 1878 oil painting features two kings of the united kingdom of Israel; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Israel

biblical kingdom
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Israel, either of two political units that are described in the Hebrew Bible: the united kingdom of Israel under the kings Saul, David, and Solomon; or the northern kingdom of Israel, including the territories of the 10 northern tribes (i.e., all except Judah and part of Benjamin), which was established as the result of a revolt led by Jeroboam I. The southern kingdom, ruled by the Davidic dynasty, was thereafter referred to as Judah. Extrabiblical...

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