Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant Kingdom of Israel𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋c. 930 BCE–c. 720 BCEStatusKingdomCapitalShiloh (c. 1000–931 BCE)Shechem (c. 931–909 BCE)Tirzah (c. 909–880 BCE)Samaria (c. 880–720 BCE)Common languagesHebrew (Biblical, Israelian)Religion Yahwism, other Semitic religionsDemonymIsraeliteGovernmentMonarchyKing • 931–910 BCE Jeroboam I (first)• 732–c. 720 BCE Hoshea (last) Historical eraIron Age• Established c. 930 BCE• Assyrian conquest c. 720 BCE Preceded by Succeeded by Twelve Tribes of Israel Samerina (Assyrian province) Today part ofIsraelPalestine (West Bank)JordanLebanonSyria Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Khiamian Yarmukian Lodian Wadi Rabah Ghassulian Canaan Djahy Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Timeline Israelites highland settlement 12th–10th cent.
OmriOmri (Hebrew: עָמְרִי, ‘Omrī; Akkadian: 𒄷𒌝𒊑𒄿Ḫûmrî [ḫu-um-ri-i]; fl. 9th century BCE) was the sixth king of Israel. He was a successful military campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of Israel. Other monarchs from the House of Omri are Ahab, Ahaziah, Joram, and Athaliah. Like his predecessor, king Zimri, who ruled for only seven days, Omri is the second king mentioned in the Bible without a statement of his tribal origin.
Jehoram of IsraelJehoram or Joram (Hebrew: יְהוֹרָם, romanized: Yəhorām) was the ninth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel according to 2 Kings 8:16 and 2 Kings 8:25–28. He was the son of King Ahab and Jezebel and brother to Ahaziah and Athaliah. According to 2 Kings 8:16, in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel, a different Jehoram became king of Judah. The author of the Books of Kings speaks of both Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah in the same passage.
AhabAhab (, ; Hebrew: אַחְאָב, romanized: ʾAḥʾāḇ; Akkadian: 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍, romanized: Aḫâbbu; Koine Greek: Ἀχαάβ, romanized: Akhaáb; Latin: Achab) was a king of Israel, the son and successor of King Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Bible. He is depicted in the Bible as a Baal worshipper and is criticized for causing moral decline in Israel, though some modern scholars question this.
Mesha SteleThe Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan). Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh returned and assisted Mesha to throw off the yoke of Israel and restore the lands of Moab.
Hebrew languageNorthwest Semitic languageHebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism.
BibleCollection of religious texts
Romanization of HebrewThe Hebrew language uses the Hebrew alphabet with optional vowel diacritics. The Romanization of Hebrew refers specifically to the use of the Latin alphabet to represent Hebrew words. For example, the Hebrew name יִשְׂרָאֵל ('Israel') can be Romanized as Yisrael or Yiśrāʼēl in addition to Israel. Particularly in contexts where the Latin alphabet is the dominant writing system, Romanization and transliteration are often used interchangeably.
AssyriaSee also: History of the AssyriansAssyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed from the 21st to the 7th century BCE which conquered and administered most of West Asia from the Assyrian heartland in Upper Mesopotamia.
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Northwest Semitic languagesNorthwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising indigenous languages of the Levant. It emerged from Proto-Semitic in the Early Bronze Age. It is first attested in proper names identified as Amorite in the Middle Bronze Age.Akkadian languageExtinct Semitic language of MesopotamiaAkkadian ( ; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑(𒌝), romanized: Akkadû(m)) is an East Semitic language that is attested in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia) from the mid-third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Mesopotamians by the 8th century BC.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.