Israelites

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The Israelites are the ancient Hebrew people who trace their origins to the patriarchs of the Hebrew Bible and became the foundational ethnic and religious community of Judaism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
biblical people
ethnic group
religious community
alsoKnownAs Israelites
surface form: Children of Israel

Hebrews
Israelites
surface form: People of Israel
ancestralTo Jews
Samaritans
capitalCity Jerusalem
centralCovenant covenant with Yahweh
centralSanctuary First Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: First Temple

Tabernacle
culturalLegacy foundation of Judaism
influence on Christianity
influence on Islam
culturalPractice Passover
surface form: Passover festival

Sabbath observance
Temple sacrifice
circumcision
deity YHWH
surface form: Yahweh
eponymousAncestor Jacob
ethnogenesis ancient Near East
keyLeader Joshua
King David
King Saul
King Solomon
Moses
Elijah
surface form: prophet Elijah

Isaiah
surface form: prophet Isaiah

Jeremiah
surface form: prophet Jeremiah

prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
surface form: prophet Samuel
legalSystem biblical law
mentionedIn Assyrian inscriptions
Babylonian inscriptions
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament
originTradition Abraham
surface form: patriarch Abraham

Isaac
surface form: patriarch Isaac

patriarch Jacob
politicalOrganization Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
surface form: United Monarchy of Israel

tribal confederation
priestlyTribe Tribe of Levi
primaryLanguage Hebrew
region Levant region
surface form: Levant

historic Palestine
surface form: ancient Palestine
religion Judaism
ancient Israelite religion
royalTribe Tribe of Judah
sacredText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Torah
scripturalSource Book of Exodus
Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua
Books of Chronicles
Books of Kings
timePeriod Iron Age
surface form: Iron Age Levant

Late Bronze Age
traditionalEvent Babylonian exile
Exodus from Egypt
Revelation at Mount Sinai
surface form: Sinai revelation

conquest of Canaan
division of united monarchy
traditionalFounder Moses
traditionalLaw Mosaic covenant
surface form: Mosaic law

Torah commandments
traditionalTerritory Canaan
Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel
tribalStructure Twelve Tribes of Israel

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Prophet Ishaq ancestorOf Israelites
this entity surface form: Bani Israil
Daniel (biblical prophet) ethnicity Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Dinah tribalAffiliation Israelites
Lachish culture Israelites
this entity surface form: Judahite
Levantine peoples hasSubgroup Israelites
this entity surface form: Ancient Israelites
Yehud Medinata ethnicGroup Israelites
this entity surface form: Judeans
Prophet Yahya preachedTo Israelites
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Eliab ethnicity Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
יִשַׁי ethnicity Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 addresses Israelites
Leviticus 18:5 addressedTo Israelites
this entity surface form: the Israelites
Al-Jathiyah mentions Israelites
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
The Kneeling mentions Israelites
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Jehozadak nationality Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Terah ancestorOf Israelites
Nahor ancestorOf Israelites
The Ranks mentions Israelites
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
The Battle Array mentions Israelites
this entity surface form: Children of Israel
Hobab (in some traditions or identifications) associatedWith Israelites
subject surface form: Hobab
Exodus 3 mentionsPeople Israelites
Exodus 18 mentions Israelites
The Life of Moses depicts Israelites
Goliath taunts Israelites
Ezekiel 39 mentions Israelites
this entity surface form: house of Israel
Rahab associatedWith Israelites
שְׁכֶם controlledBy Israelites
subject surface form: שכם
this entity surface form: ancient Israelites
Asa ethnicGroup Israelites
Divided Monarchy period appliesToEthnicGroup Israelites
this entity surface form: ancient Israelites
Assyrian inscriptions mentions Israelites
לֵוִי ethnicGroup Israelites
Kohath ethnicity Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Deuteronomy 8:10 addressedTo Israelites
Deuteronomy 8:10 addressee Israelites
this entity surface form: people of Israel
ancient city of Jezreel culture Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Enosh ancestorOf Israelites
Jahzeel ethnicContext Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Shillem ethnicity Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
First Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) deportedPopulation Israelites
this entity surface form: Judeans
Jashub belongsToGroup Israelites
Shimron ethnicGroup Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
Amon ethnicGroup Israelites
Jehoahaz ethnicGroup Israelites
Merari ethnicContext Israelites
this entity surface form: Israelite
House of Jacob hasAlternativeName Israelites
this entity surface form: House of Israel
House of Jacob partOf Israelites
this entity surface form: people of Israel