Northern Kingdom
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Samaria is a region born of a tangible transaction in the ninth century B.C., mentioned more than 100 times as the heart of the Northern Kingdom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
“I started thinking about the 10 lost tribes,” Mr. Dorman said, referring to the tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel that were exiled by the Assyrians about 2,700 years ago and then vanished.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2011
So far writes our author, following the records of the Northern Kingdom.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington
In these days the Northern Kingdom was far more prosperous and powerful than the Southern; under Jeroboam II.
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington
He was showing favor to the Northern Kingdom, and was pleased with Israel, for was not Judah, the Southern Kingdom, too, paying tribute to Jeroboam?
From Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) by Landman, Isaac
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