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