Divided Monarchy period

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The Divided Monarchy period is the era in ancient Israelite history when the united kingdom split into the separate kingdoms of Israel and Judah, each ruled by its own line of kings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
period of ancient Israelite history
appliesToEthnicGroup Israelites
surface form: ancient Israelites
associatedWithText Book of Amos
Book of Hosea
Book of Isaiah
Book of Micah
Books of Chronicles
Books of Kings
characterizedBy conflicts between Israel and Judah
interactions with Aram-Damascus
interactions with Assyria
prophetic activity in Israel and Judah
religious centralization debates
separate royal dynasties in Israel and Judah
chronologicalContext Iron Age II
endCause destruction of Samaria by Assyria
endEvent Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
follows United Monarchy period
hasCapital Jerusalem in the Kingdom of Judah
Samaria
surface form: Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel
hasPart Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah
hasTheme competition over legitimate kingship
development of distinct Israelite and Judahite identities
political fragmentation of Israelite kingdom
includesEvent Assyrian expansion into the Levant
Syro-Ephraimite War
fall of the Kingdom of Israel
languageUsed Aramaic
Hebrew
locatedIn Levant region
surface form: Levant

ancient Near East
mainSources Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

archaeological evidence from ancient Israel and Judah
politicalStructure monarchy in Israel
monarchy in Judah
precedes late monarchic period of Judah
period of Assyrian domination in Judah
relatedTo Iron Age Levant
history of ancient Israel and Judah
religion Yahwism
startCause split of the united kingdom of Israel and Judah
startEvent division of the united monarchy of Israel
startWithRuler Jeroboam I
Rehoboam

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King of Judah historicalPeriod Divided Monarchy period
city of Gezer associatedWith Divided Monarchy period
subject surface form: Gezer
this entity surface form: Israelite monarchy
Abijah geopoliticalContext Divided Monarchy period
this entity surface form: Divided monarchy of Israel and Judah
Asa timePeriod Divided Monarchy period
this entity surface form: Divided Monarchy of ancient Israel