Ancient Israel

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Iron Age polity Levantine kingdom ancient kingdom biblical entity historical region

Ancient Israel was an Iron Age Levantine kingdom and cultural-religious community whose monotheistic traditions and scriptures became foundational to Judaism, Christianity, and Western civilization.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
ancient Israel	63
Ancient Israel canonical	19
First Temple period	4
Israelite period	4
Kingdom of Israel	3
ancient Judaism	2
Ancient Israel and Judah	1
Ancient Israelite kingdoms (in parts and periods)	1
First Temple Judaism	1
Golden Age of Israel	1
Iron Age Israel	1
Israelite monarchy	1
historic Land of Israel	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iron Age polity ⓘ Levantine kingdom ⓘ ancient kingdom ⓘ biblical entity ⓘ historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Lachish ⓘ Tel Dan ⓘ Hazor ⓘ surface form: Tel Hazor Megiddo ⓘ surface form: Tel Megiddo
associatedWith	Yahwism ⓘ surface form: Ancient Israelite religion Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Western civilization ⓘ
borders	Ammon ⓘ Damascus ⓘ surface form: Aram-Damascus Edom ⓘ Moab ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia
capital	Samaria ⓘ
centralDeity	YHWH ⓘ surface form: Yahweh
coreLawCode	Mosaic covenant ⓘ surface form: Mosaic Law Ten Commandments ⓘ
culturalPractice	Sabbath observance ⓘ Temple sacrifice ⓘ circumcision ⓘ pilgrimage festivals ⓘ
ethicalTraditionInfluenceOn	Western ethics ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Israelites ⓘ
followedBy	Assyrian province of Samerina ⓘ Yehud Medinata ⓘ
foundationalScriptureFor	Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ
foundationalTraditionFor	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Galilee ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Judea ⓘ Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom) Kingdom of Judah ⓘ Negev desert ⓘ surface form: Negev Samaria ⓘ surface form: Samaria (region)
keyCity	Bethel ⓘ Hebron ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Lachish ⓘ Shechem ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
legalTraditionInfluenceOn	Western legal thought ⓘ
locatedIn	Ancient Near East ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
majorRiver	Jordan River ⓘ
mentionedIn	annals of Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ surface form: Assyrian royal inscriptions Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Mesha Stele ⓘ
monotheisticTraditionInfluenceOn	Abrahamic religions ⓘ
partOf	Canaan ⓘ surface form: Land of Canaan
precededBy	Tribal confederation of Israel ⓘ
preMonarchicGovernment	tribal confederation ⓘ
religion	Yahwism ⓘ early Judaism ⓘ
sacredText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ Torah ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith	Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (102)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamia → laterInfluenced → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Tanakh → compiledIn → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Passover → originLocation → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Galilee → historicalRegionOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Neo-Babylonian Empire → culturalInfluenceOn → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Judaism

Zion → refersTo → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic Land of Israel

Second Temple Judaism → follows → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Temple Judaism

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → conflictBetween → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → appliesToJurisdiction → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → opponent → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Israel

1 Samuel → setting → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

2 Samuel → setting → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Nitzevet bat Adael → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → setInRegion → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Sons of Korah → country → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Sons of Korah → timePeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Temple period

Haggith → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Al-Khalil → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israelite period

Ethan the Ezrahite → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Twelve Tribes of Israel → partOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Samaria → partOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Shlomo → associatedWith → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Israel

Shalosh Regalim → historicalPeriodOfPilgrimage → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Temple period

Aaronic priesthood → countryOfOrigin → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Zion theology → hasHistoricalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Temple period

Bethsaida → country → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Three Regalim → timePeriodOfPilgrimage → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Temple period

On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry → periodDiscussed → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Zerubbabel → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Megiddo → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israelite period

Jachin → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Pedaiah → hasCulturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Antiquities of the Jews → containsAccountOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israelite monarchy

Jezreel Valley → historicalRegion → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Reuben → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Zebulun → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Mattaniah → culture → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Israelite period

Patience → settingOfNarrative → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

shekel (weight-based) → geographicArea → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Transjordanian territories of Israel → partOf → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

royal court of Judah → religion → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Judaism

Yekonyah → region → Ancient Israel ⓘ

Jephta → setting → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Elon → countryOfCitizenship → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Abdon → countryOfCitizenship → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Amnon → culturalContext → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Capture of Jerusalem → tookPlaceInRegion → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Prophet Gad → associatedPlace → Ancient Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Gad

this entity surface form: ancient Israel

Shamgar → associatedWithRegion → Ancient Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Israel