Rehoboam
Another answer:
Rehav'am (Rehoboam) did not conquer the Northern Kingdom. Rather, he took leadership over it when it was formed (the Ten Tribes seceded from the rule of King David's descendants).
The Northern Kingdom was conquered by the Assyrian king Shalmanesser.
The Southern Kingdom of Israel called Kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 582 BCE
The Assyrians
Babylon in 586 B.C
Assyria.
Assyria destroyed the northern kingdom, Israel. The final destruction occurred in 722 BCE, after which it became the Assyrian province of Samaria.
A:Assyria destroyed Israel in 722 BCE.
Exactly that: the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
Amos did.
There are two different empires at play here. The empire that destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel was Assyria in 722 BCE. The empire that took the Jews into captivity (and destroyed the Southern Kingdom of Judah) was Babylonia in 586 BCE.
134 years. The Northern Kingdom of Israel was destroyed in 722 B.C.; the Southern Kingdom (Judah) went into captivity in 586 B.C.
Originally, Ancient Israel was a tribal confederacy, but the strong opposition of Philistines required a more centralized system, which resulted in a monarchy. After a short while, the monarchy cleft into a northern and southern kingdom. The northern kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrians and the southern kingdom was conquered by the Babylonians about 150 years later.
The northern kingdom was destroyed by the assyrian empire raised up by God.
The kingdom of Israel (Ten Tribes; Northern Kingdom) was conquered and exiled by the Assyrians some 2600 years ago. See also the Related Links.Link: Reasons for the DestructionLink: Where are the Ten Tribes
That would be the kingdom of Israel. The Southern Kingdom was called Judah.
Yes. Samaria was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. (Gibeah, Hebron, and Jerusalem were the capitals of the United Kingdom of Israel.)
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