Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel

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The Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel was an 8th-century BCE military campaign in which the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed the northern Israelite kingdom, deported much of its population, and set in motion one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian military campaign
historical event
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Israel
cause rebellion of Hoshea against Assyria
refusal of the Kingdom of Israel to pay tribute to Assyria
conflictBetween Kingdom of Israel
Neo-Assyrian Empire
describedIn 2 Kings 15
2 Kings 17
Assyrian royal inscriptions
Hebrew Bible
annals of Sargon II
annals of Tiglath-Pileser III
endTime c. 720 BCE
late 8th century BCE
followedBy Assyrian domination of the Kingdom of Judah
Sennacherib's campaign in Judah
hasEffect introduction of foreign populations into former Israelite lands
population transfers within the Neo-Assyrian Empire
hasParticipant Hoshea
Sargon II
Shalmaneser V
Tiglath-Pileser III
inhabitants of the Kingdom of Israel
hasPlace Galilee
Gilead
Samaria
Transjordanian territories of Israel
locatedIn Levant
ancient Near East
mainPhase Siege of Samaria
opponent Kingdom of Israel
Neo-Assyrian Empire
partOf Neo-Assyrian expansion
result Assyrian victory
annexation of Israelite territory by Assyria
beginning of the dispersion of northern Israelites
deportation of Israelite population
destruction of the Kingdom of Israel
formation of Assyrian provinces in former Israelite territory
significance contributed to the rise of Jerusalem and Judah as main Israelite center
major turning point in the history of ancient Israel
one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people
origin of the concept of the Ten Lost Tribes
startTime 8th century BCE
c. 734 BCE
timePeriod Iron Age II
Neo-Assyrian period

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Shalmaneser V ("Assyrian–Israelite conflict")
conflict
Tribe of Naftali ("Assyrian exile of northern tribes")
conquestEvent
Kings ("Assyrian conquest of Israel")
coversEvent
Hoshea ("Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel")
event
Jewish diaspora
hasMajorEarlyCause

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