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The Kingdom of Israel may refer to any of the historical kingdoms of ancient Israel, including:


Fully independent (c. 564 years)

* Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) (1047–931 BCE), the legendary kingdom established by the Israelites and uniting them under a single king *
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) The Kingdom of Israel (), or the Kingdom of Samaria, was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. The kingdom controlled the areas of Samaria, Galilee and parts of Transjordan. Its capital, for the most part, was Sama ...
(930 – c. 720 BCE), the kingdom of northern Israel * Kingdom of Judah (930–587/586 BCE), kingdom of southern Israel * Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea (140–37 BCE), kingdom ruled by the Hasmoneans or "Maccabees", primarily known as Judea (or cognates) but also named Israel in the First Book of Maccabees


Self-governing region (c. 240 years)

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Yehud Medinata Yehud, also known as Yehud Medinata or Yehud Medinta (), was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Empire, Achaemenid Persian Empire in the region of Judea that functioned as a Autonomy, self-governing region under its local Jews, Jewish po ...
(539–332 BCE), autonomous province of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, translated as "the province of Judah" or Israel *
Herodian Kingdom of Judea The Herodian Kingdom of Judea was a client state of the Roman Republic from 37 BCE, when Herod the Great, who had been appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate in 40/39 BCE, took actual control over the country. When Herod died in 4 BCE, ...
, client kingdom ruled by Herod the Great (37–4 BCE), and to varying degrees by his heirs (the last Agrippa II lived to c. 100 CE), primarily known as Roman Judea (or cognates) but also called Israel in the Gospels and Book of Acts


See also

* Kingdom of Israel (group), Israeli political movement * Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099–1291 CE) * Israel, the modern country *
Israel (disambiguation) Israel is a country in Western Asia. Israel may also refer to: Places *Land of Israel, the traditional Jewish name for the geographical region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River ** The Holy Land, a common appellation for rough ...
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