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.
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.
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.
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.)
assyrians
Many nations have attacked Israel, but only two nations ever destroyed it (temporarily): Babylon Rome
According to the Books of Kings, written in the southern kingdom, Judah, every king of the northern kingdom, Israel, was absolutely polytheistic. If the term 'godly' is meant to imply service to the God of Judaism, then the evidence is that Israel and its kings were certainly not godly.