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Bashan (meaning "light soil") is a biblical place first mentioned in Genesis 14:5, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth," where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed (Numbers 21:33-35; Deuteronomy 3:1-7). This country extended from Gilead in the south to Hermon in the north, and from the Jordan river on the west to Salcah on the east. Along with the half of Gilead it was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:29-31). Golan, one of its cit ...

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Solomon's Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש, transliterated Beit HaMikdash), also known as the First Temple, was, according to the Torah and the Bible, the first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. It functioned as a religious focal point for worship and the sacrifices known as the korbanot in ancient Judaism. Completed in the 10th century BCE, it was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction. Before his death, King David had provi ...

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• Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction
• Solomon's Temple - Construction
• Solomon's Temple - Completion
• Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant
• Solomon's Temple - Description
• Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures
• Solomon's Temple - The site
• Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples
• Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite
• Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples
• Solomon's Temple - A miniature world
• Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction
• Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy
• Solomon's Temple - Notes

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Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. He was the son and successor of Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of his accession, because for the first five years of his reign his mother Sammuramat acted as regent, which may have given rise to the legend of Semiramis. Adad-nirari's youth, and the struggles his father had faced early in his reign, caused a serious weakening for the Assyrian rulership over Mesopotamia, and gave way to the ambitions of the m ...

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Beth-shemesh means "house [of the] sun" in Hebrew. In the Bible,the name refers to either: An idol sanctuary in Egypt (Jer. 43:13); called by the Greeks Heliopolis, and by the Egyptians On (Gen. 41:45). A city (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It became a priest city. It is mentioned in connection with the movement of the Ark of the Covenant. It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of the northern kingdom, and Amaziah, king of the southern kingdom, in wh

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A chronology of the Bible's major events and figures based largely on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Mishna sources, and on the work of James Ussher. Dates in the Bronze Age are traditional and do not have archaeological corroborations. Dates in the Iron Age and later are placed by the Bible into the wider framework of history, and so are dated by biblical references to historically verifiable events, such as Shishak's raid in 925 BCE. For a historical look at the bible see The Bible and history See Short chronology for a more detailed history of th ...

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• Bible chronology - Bronze age
• Bible chronology - Iron age to Babylonian exile
• Bible chronology - Second temple period
• Bible chronology - New Testament period
• Bible chronology - Anno Domini

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In compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah, there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh (partially the Old Testament, it also consists of the book of the prophets, and the five books of Moses) and other Jewish texts such as the Talmud, the Ethiopian book of history known as the Kebra Nagast, the writings of historians such as Nicolaus of Damascus, Artapanas, Philo of Alexandria and Josephus, other writings, and archaeological e ...

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• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places
• History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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In January 2003, another artifact, dubbed the Jehoash Inscription, appeared in Israel. It was rumored to have surfaced in the construction site or in the Muslim cemetery near the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. It supposedly described repairs made to the temple in Jerusalem by Jehoash, son of King Ahaziah of Judah and corresponded to the account in 2 Kings 12. Once again the owner was an anonymous antiquities dealer, thi ...

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James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The Jehoash Inscription, James Ossuary - Police investigation, James Ossuary - IAA commission, James Ossuary - Aftermath, James Ossuary - Main sources

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List of Biblical names - People. Zaanannim, movings; a person asleep Zaavan, trembling Zabad, dowry; endowed Zabbai, flowing Zabbud Zabdi, same as Zabad Zabdiel Zabud Zaccai, pure meat; just Zacheus, pure; clean; just Zaccur, of the male kind; mindful Zachariah, memory of the Lord Zadok, just; justified Zaham, crime; filthiness; impurity Zair, little; afflicted; in tribulation < ...

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List of Biblical names, List of Biblical names - A, List of Biblical names - B, List of Biblical names - C, List of Biblical names - D, List of Biblical names - E, List of Biblical names - F, List of Biblical names - G, List of Biblical names - H, List of Biblical names - I, List of Biblical names - J, List of Biblical names - K, List of Biblical names - L, List of Biblical names - M, List of Biblical names - Headline text, List of Biblical names - N, List of Biblical names - O, List of Biblical names - P, List of Biblical names - Q, List of Biblical names - R, List of Biblical names - S, List of Biblical names - T, List of Biblical names - U, List of Biblical names - V, List of Biblical names - W, List of Biblical names - X, List of Biblical names - Y, List of Biblical names - Z, List of Biblical names - People

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The Mousterian Neanderthals were the earliest inhabitants of the area known to archaeologists, and have been carbon-dated to c. 200,000 BCE. The first anatomically modern humans to live in the area were the Kebarans (conventionally c. 18,000 - 10,500 BCE, but recent paleoanthropological evidence suggests that Kebarans may have arrived as early as 75,000 BCE and shared the region with the Neanderthals for millennia before the latter died out). They were followed by the Natufian culture (c. 10,500 BCE - 8500 BCE), the Yarmukians (c. 8500 - 430 ...

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History of ancient Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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The Temple has recognizable similarities to other temples of its time and region. Syro-Phoenician, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian influences are visible. A plaza or courtyard surrounding the sacred residence of the god, marked with stones, is a feature common throughout ancient Semitic religions. Earlier evidence of this practice among the Hebrews survives in the twelve stones that Joshua placed at Gilgal (Joshua 4:20) and the marking of Mount Sinai by Moses (Ex. 19:12), and in the forbidden zone surrounding the tent which was the predecessor of ...

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Solomon's Temple, Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction, Solomon's Temple - Construction, Solomon's Temple - Completion, Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple - Description, Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures, Solomon's Temple - The site, Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples, Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite, Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples, Solomon's Temple - A miniature world, Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction, Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy, Solomon's Temple - Notes

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In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered the region and made it a client kingdom of Rome. In 6 CE, Caesar Augustus made it a Roman province under a procurator. In 66, the Great Jewish Revolt broke out, lasting until 73. In 67, Vespasian and his forces landed in the north of Israel, where they received the submission of Jews from Ptolemais to Sepphoris. The Jewish garrison at Yodfat (Jodeptah) was massacred after a two month siege. By ...

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History of ancient Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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The Israeli Antiquities Authority has never offered any report explaining why it concluded the ossuary is a forgery. Therefore, a number of international experts refuse to agree that it is a forgery until the IAA allows scholars to review its findings. For example, Ed Keall, the Senior Curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, Near Eastern & Asian Civilizations Department, continues to argue for the ossuary’s authenticity, “The ROM has always been open to questioning the ossuary's authenticity, but so far no definitive proof of forgery has yet been presented, in s ...

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James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The Jehoash Inscription, James Ossuary - Police investigation, James Ossuary - IAA commission, James Ossuary - Aftermath, James Ossuary - Main sources

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On October 21, 2002 a press conference hosted by the Discovery Channel and the Biblical Archaeology Society, anticipating a report in the Society's Biblical Archaeology Review (November 2002), presented a small chalk ossuary that bore an inscription Yaakov bar Yoseph Achui de Yeshua ("James son of Joseph, Brother of Jesus"). If authentic it would have been the first archaeological proof ...

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James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The James Ossuary, James Ossuary - The Jehoash Inscription, James Ossuary - Police investigation, James Ossuary - IAA commission, James Ossuary - Aftermath, James Ossuary - Main sources

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In 922 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel was divided. Judah, the southern Kingdom, had Jerusalem as its capital and was led by Rehoboam. It was populated by the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Simeon (and some of tribe of Levi). Simeon and Judah later merged, and Simeon lost its separate identity. [8] [9] Jeroboam led the revolt of the northern tribes, and established the Kingdom of Israel, consisting of nine tribes: Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, Menasseh, Ephraim, Reuben and Gad (and some of Levi), with Samaria as its capital. [10] [11] Israel fell ...

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History of ancient Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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According to the Bible, the temple was pillaged many times during the course of its history: by king Shishak of Egypt (1 Kings 14:25, 26); by king Jehoash of Israel (2 Kings 14:14); by king Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16:8, 17, 18); by king Hezekiah of Judah to pay king Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings 18:15, 16). by king Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon who pillaged and destroyed it (2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chr. 36:7). He burned the temple, and carried all its treasures with him to Bab ...

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Solomon's Temple, Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction, Solomon's Temple - Construction, Solomon's Temple - Completion, Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple - Description, Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures, Solomon's Temple - The site, Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples, Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite, Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples, Solomon's Temple - A miniature world, Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction, Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy, Solomon's Temple - Notes

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The Temple was probably situated upon the more easterly of the two hills which form the site of the present-day Noble Sanctuary, in the center of which area is the Dome of the Rock. Under the Jebusites the site was used as a threshing floor. 2 Sam. 24 describes its consecration during David's reign. Two slightly different sites for the Temple have been proposed: one places the bronze altar on the rock which is now beneath the gilded dome, with the rest of the temple to the west; the Well of Souls was, in this theory, a pit for the rem ...

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Solomon's Temple, Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction, Solomon's Temple - Construction, Solomon's Temple - Completion, Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple - Description, Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures, Solomon's Temple - The site, Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples, Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite, Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples, Solomon's Temple - A miniature world, Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction, Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy, Solomon's Temple - Notes

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Due to the extensive rebuilding of the Second Temple in later centuries, no remains of the First Temple are extant (however, certain remains from the First Temple have recently been discovered in the refuse from an extensive construction project performed on the Temple Mount by the Islamic Wakf in November of 1999); the detailed descriptions provided in the Tanakh and educated guesses based on the remains of other temples in the region are the sources for reconstructions of its appearance. Technical details are lacking, since the scribes who ...

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Solomon's Temple, Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction, Solomon's Temple - Construction, Solomon's Temple - Completion, Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple - Description, Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures, Solomon's Temple - The site, Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples, Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite, Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples, Solomon's Temple - A miniature world, Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction, Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy, Solomon's Temple - Notes

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Before his death, King David had provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chronicles 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chronicles 3:1), where he had purchased a threshing floor from Araunah the Jebusite (2 Sam. 24:21 et seq.), on which he offered sacrifice. The Bible states that in the beginning of his reign, King Solomon of the united Kingdom of Israel, set about giving effect to the ideas of his father, and prepared additional materials for the building. From subterranean quarries at Jerusal ...

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Solomon's Temple, Solomon's Temple - Biblical account of the Temple's construction, Solomon's Temple - Construction, Solomon's Temple - Completion, Solomon's Temple - Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple - Description, Solomon's Temple - Furnishings and treasures, Solomon's Temple - The site, Solomon's Temple - Comparison with other temples, Solomon's Temple - Phoenician and Canaanite, Solomon's Temple - Other Near Eastern temples, Solomon's Temple - A miniature world, Solomon's Temple - Raids and destruction, Solomon's Temple - Artifact controversy, Solomon's Temple - Notes

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The patriarchal period begins with Abraham. The Bible places the events surrounding Abraham (originally Abram) circa 1800 BCE, give or take 100 years. The account of his life is found in the Book of Genesis, beginning in Chapter 11, at the close of a genealogy of the sons of Shem (which includes among its members Eber, the eponym of the Hebrews). His father Terah came from Ur Kasdim. His father m ...

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History of ancient Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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The narrative behind how the Israelites became slaves, or if they did at all, is still unclear. A few historians believe that this may have been due to the changing political conditions within Egypt. In 1600 BCE, Egypt was conquered by tribes, apparently Semitic, known as the Hyksos by the Egyptians. The Hyksos were later driven out by Kamose, the last king of the seventeenth dynasty. Between 1540-1070 BCE, Ahmose I founded the 18th Egyptian dynasty, and a new age for Egypt, the New Kingdom. Thutmose III established Egypt's empire in the wes ...

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History of ancient Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Early history, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The patriarchal period, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Egyptian domination, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Period of the Judges, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The United Monarchy, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The period of captivity, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Rebuilding the Temple, History of ancient Israel and Judah - The legacy of Alexander the Great and the dawn of Rabbinic Judaism, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Roman conquests, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable people, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Israel, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Partial list of kings of Judah, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Notable places, History of ancient Israel and Judah - Religious places and objects

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