King Solomon ruled over a united Israel, but upon his death the nation was divided: 10 tribes in the north were known as Israel, ruled by Jeroboam, and the remaining two tribes in the south, surrounding Jerusalem, were known as Judah, ruled by Solomon's...

In the Book of Numbers is the record of God saving the people of Israel by the brass serpent, which was elevated on a pole. Whenever the people would look at the bronze snake that the Lord had commanded Moses to make, they would be healed (Numbers 29). John 3 picks...

The 10 northern tribes of Israel, and their capital Samaria, fell to the invading Assyrians in 722 B.C. after a three-year siege: "There was none left [in the land of Israel] but the tribe of Judah alone. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord...