3. When the Babylonians conquered the surviving southern kingdom, Judah, in 586 BCE, they exiled part of the population to Babylonia where they allowed them to settle in semi-autonomous communities.

Researchers believe that the purple dye produced at Shikmona was transferred to neighboring countries and may have been used to dye fabrics for the Temple in Jerusalem.

After Solomon’s death, the ancient Kingdom of Israel split into two realms. The northern half was called Israel and the southern Judah. At different times in the period that followed ...

It is essential to remember that Judaism, as we know it today, did not exist in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah ... located in southern Turkey near the Syrian border.

Numbers 3:40 And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old ...

Here it gets confusing because Rehoboam remained king of the southern kingdom of Judah, but the northern tribes established a new kingdom under King Jeroboam which kept the name of Israel. From this ...

When the Assyrian Empire came along, Gaza went through the same turmoil as Israel and Judah and was under the same threat.