After King Solomon's death in around 930 B.C., the kingdom split into a northern kingdom, which retained the name Israel, and a southern kingdom called Judah, named after the tribe of Judah that ...

Author: Unknown. Date Written: 848-517 BC. Date of Narrative: 848-586 BC . 2 Kings narrates the final decline and collapse of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The capture of Israel by the ...

The ancient kings David and Solomon are two of the better-known figures of the Bible. Yet some scholars have disputed their existence, or at least their roles as kings, citing a dearth of evidence ...