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The Divided Monarchy
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05/08/2011

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Iron Age IIB
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925-720 BC; Divided Monarchy to fall of Samaria
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Iron Age IIC
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720-586 BC; Samaria to Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem
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Rehoboam
Definition
son of Solomon; King of Judea
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Jeroboam
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son of Nebat; 1st king of Israel
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Divided Kingdom
Definition
Judah (=Judea) & Israel are separated
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Samaria (Heb. Shomron)
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capital of the kingdom of Israel; founded by Omri, enlarged by his son Ahab (husband of Biblical Jezebel)
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ashlar masonry
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no cement product used; "header and stretcher" construction (Phoenician)
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Phoenician connection with Israel
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Ahab marries Jezebel, princess of Tyre; infiltration of Phoenecian religious & artistic concepts
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Samaria Ivories
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most important from the Iron Age! 9th-8th century BC - very valuable; possibly brought by Jezebel; woman in the window; palmettes
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Samaria Ostraca
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8th century BC; ancient receipts that have yr, place of origin, & receiving official's name
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Kuntillet Ajrud
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fascinating pictures & inscriptions; "Yaweh of Samaria & goddess of fertility"; example of syncretism of Judaism & local cult religion
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the Assyrians
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based in modern-day Iraq; large empire that swept over ethnic nations; Israel destroyed, but Judah held Assyrians off for awhile
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The Black Obelisk
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black alabaster; Assyrian king Shalmaneser III's reign described; receives tribute from Jehu, king of Israel
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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745-727 BC; Assyrian king inaugurates deportation of populations - lose their spirit & unity so they are easier to control
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Shalmaneser V
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Assyrian king that conquered Israel & Samaria (Israel falls 724 BC, Samaria falls 722 BC)
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the "Ten Lost Tribes"
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transportation of the populations by Tiglath-Pileser III
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Sennacherib's attack on Judah & Jerusalem
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attacked Jaffa, Lachish, & Jerusalem; 701 BC
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Prism of Sennacherib (Nineveh)
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representation of the conquest of Lachish by Sennacherib; POW's seen being tortured & inhabitants go into exile
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Hezekiah's preparations
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strengthened Jerusalem's wall & constructed the Tunnel of Siloam (aka Hezekiah's Tunnel)
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Hezekia's Tunnel (Siloam's Tunnel)
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brought water into city; constructed under Sennacherib
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water system (Hazor)
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developed methods for digging water; 1. dig to water table (vertical shaft w/ stairs descending to water); 2. springs (Gihon Spring); Hezekiah had tunnel cut through rock
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Siloam Inscription
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description of how people met on both ends when cutting the Siloam Tunnel
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fall of the Assyrian empire
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610 BC; falls to Babylonian Empire; Jerusalem falls in 586 BC
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