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The history of ancient Israel and Judah spans from the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country during the late second millennium BCE, to the establishment and subsequent downfall of the two Israelite kingdoms in the mid-first millennium BCE.
The site represents one of the largest ancient city mounds in Israel, its surface area comprising 120,000 m 2 in size, divided into an "Upper City" (40,000 m 2) and a "Lower City" (80,000 m 2). Archaeological excavations have been conducted at Rehov since 1997, under the directorship of Amihai Mazar.
The first reference to Israel in non-biblical sources is found in the Merneptah Stele in c. 1209 BCE. The inscription is very brief and says: "Israel is laid waste and his seed is not". The inscription refers to a people, not an individual or nation state, [25] who are located in central Palestine [26] or the highlands of Samaria. [27]
Israel and the United Arab Emirates sign a peace treaty. [61] 30 April 2021 45 people are killed in the 2021 Meron stampede during Lag BaOmer. [62] 7 October 2023 In the day considered the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust, as well as deadliest day in Israel's history, 1,390 people are killed in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. [63]
Ancient Jewish history is known from the Bible, extra-biblical sources, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, the writings of Josephus, Greco-Roman authors and church fathers, as well as archaeological finds, inscriptions, ancient documents (such as the Papyri from Elephantine and the Fayyum, the Dead Sea scrolls, the Bar Kokhba letters, the Babatha ...
The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They play significant roles in Hebrew scripture during ...
Reigned over Israel in Tirzah for 24 years. Death: Natural Causes: 877–876 BCE: 886–885 BCE: 885–884 BCE: 887–886 BCE: Elah: אלה בֵּן-בעשא מלך ישראל 'Ela ben Ba'sha, Melekh Yisra'el. Reigned over Israel in Tirzah for 2 years. Death: Zimri, one of his officials, got him drunk and killed him at his house in Azra.
Katzrin ancient village and synagogue: Laura of Euthymius: Tel Lachish [102] Legio: Lod: Lyyda Lod Mosaic: Lotz Cisterns: Borot Loz Magdala: Migdal Migdal Synagogue, Magdala stone: Maon Synagogue: Maoz Haim Synagogue: Mampsis: Mamshit, Memphis Mamre: Ramat el-Khalil Manot Cave: Maresha [60]