Israel

Introduction & Top Questions
In the Bible
- The united monarchy
- The northern kingdom
Other sources on ancient Israel
- Historical accounts
  - Merneptah Stele
  - Tel Dan Stele
  - Moabite Stone
  - Assyrian accounts
- Archaeology and the kingdom of Israel

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Images

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

Israel: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added subtitle.	Teagan Wolter	Jun 30, 2026
	Article expanded.	Teagan Wolter	Jun 26, 2026
	Modified link of Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ancient Jewish History: The Two Kingdoms.	Grace Young	Feb 17, 2026
	Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - HIST-1500: World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 - The United Kingdom of Israel.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 12, 2025
	Add new Web site: The History Files - Israel (Canaan).	Emily Rodriguez	May 13, 2025
	Add new Web site: Ligonier Ministries - The Kingdom of God in the Old Testament: From Abraham to Israel.	Grace Young	Oct 24, 2024
	Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ancient Jewish History: The Two Kingdoms.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 08, 2024
	Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Israel.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Kingdom of Israel.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - HIST-1500: World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 - The United Kingdom of Israel.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Live Science - Ancient Israel: History of the kingdoms and dynasties formed by ancient Jewish people.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 16, 2023
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Zeidan	Aug 16, 2021
	Changed “BC” to “BCE.”	Adam Zeidan	Apr 29, 2021
	Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jul 31, 2015
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998