- ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF
- the name given to the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of the Israelites which revolted from the kingdom of Judah after the death of Solomon.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF
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