Tel Be'er ShevaTel Sheva (Hebrew: תל שבע; name used by scholars), Tel Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: תל באר שבע; popular name), or Tell es-Seba (Arabic: تل السبع), is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of Beer-sheba. The site lies east of modern Beersheba and west of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva.
Kingdom of JudahIsraelite kingdom in the Southern Levant Kingdom of Judah𐤉𐤄𐤃c. 930 – c. 587 BCE LMLK seal (around 700 BCE) The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel during the 8th century BCEStatusKingdomCapitalJerusalemCommon languagesBiblical HebrewReligion Yahwism (Early Judaism)Canaanite religionFolk religionDemonymJudahite, JudeanGovernmentMonarchyKing • c. 931–913 BCE Rehoboam (first)• c. 597–587 BCE Zedekiah (last) Historical eraIron Age• Jeroboam's Revolt c. 930 BCE• Siege of Jerusalem c. 587 BCE Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Israel - united monarchy (?)
IsraelIsrael, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea.
JerusalemCity in the Southern LevantMetropolis in Israel and Palestine, Israel
List of cities in IsraelThe 15 most populous cities in IsraelJerusalemTel Aviv-YafoHaifaPetah TikvaRishon LeZionNetanyaAshdodBnei BrakBeershebaHolonRamat GanBeit ShemeshAshkelonRehovotBat YamThis article lists the 78 localities in Israel that the Israeli Ministry of Interior has designated as a city council. The list is based on the current index of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
NegevThe Negev ( NEG-ev; Hebrew: הַנֶּגֶב, romanized: haNégev) or Naqab (Arabic: النقب, romanized: an-Naqab) is the name for a desert and semidesert area in southern Israel. Today, it forms the bulk of the Southern District of Israel, whose largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 223,587), in the north of the Negev. At its southern end lie the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city and port of Eilat.
From Dan to BeershebaFrom Dan to Beersheba is a biblical phrase used nine times in the Hebrew Bible to refer to the settled areas of the Tribes of Israel between Dan in the North and Beersheba in the South.
Biblical archaeologyArchaeological sub-discipline The Levant and Canaan Biblical archaeology is an academic school and a subset of Biblical studies and Levantine archaeology. Biblical archaeology studies archaeological sites from the Ancient Near East and especially the Holy Land (also known as Land of Israel and Canaan), from biblical times. The Hebrew Bible is typically the main reference in biblical archaeology, as it broadly covers the Iron Age Palestinian region.
Tribe of JudahAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה, Shevet Yehudah) was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob. Judah was one of the tribes to take its place in Judea, occupying its southern part. Jesse and his sons, including King David, belonged to this tribe. Judah played a central role in the Deuteronomistic history, which encompasses the books of Deuteronomy through II Kings.
Tribe of SimeonAccording to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹןŠīm‘ōn, "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Joshua locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 19:9). It has been usually counted as one of the ten lost tribes, although its territory was surrounded by and gradually being absorbed by Judah from the start.
Ancient Israel and JudahAncient Israel and Judah were two Israelite kingdoms that existed in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Their history began with the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country. The earliest documented mention of "Israel" as a people appears on the Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian inscription dating back to around 1208 BCE. Archaeological evidence suggests that ancient Israelite culture evolved from the pre-existing Canaanite civilization.
Neo-Assyrian EmpireThe Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BCE, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East and parts of the South Caucasus, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean throughout much of the 9th to 7th centuries BCE, becoming the largest empire in history up to that point.
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