Kingdom of Israel

State · 1,000–701 BCE · at its largest around 1,000 BCE

Israelite monarchy in the southern Levant, by tradition united under Saul, David and Solomon; its northern successor kingdom was destroyed by Assyria around 720 BCE.

On its lands while it lasted

• Tyre (2,750–501 BCE): Capital of Phoenicia (1150 BCE–501 BCE).
• Hebron (c. 1,000 BCE): Capital of Kingdom of Israel (1000 BCE–930 BCE).
• Mesha Stele (c. 840 BCE): Basalt stone inscribed by King Mesha of Moab recording his revolt against Israel; found at Dhiban in 1868, it is one of the earliest extra-biblical references to Israel and now stands in the Louvre.

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