Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel

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The Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel was an 8th-century BCE military campaign in which the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed the northern Israelite kingdom, deported much of its population, and set in motion one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian military campaign
historical event
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
cause rebellion of Hoshea against Assyria
refusal of the Kingdom of Israel to pay tribute to Assyria
conflictBetween Kingdom of Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel

Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
describedIn 2 Kings 15
2 Kings 17
linked to: Books of Kings

Assyrian royal inscriptions
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

annals of Sargon II
annals of Tiglath-Pileser III
endTime c. 720 BCE
late 8th century BCE
followedBy Assyrian domination of the Kingdom of Judah
Sennacherib's campaign in Judah
hasEffect introduction of foreign populations into former Israelite lands
population transfers within the Neo-Assyrian Empire
hasParticipant Hoshea
Sargon II
Shalmaneser V
Tiglath-Pileser III
inhabitants of the Kingdom of Israel
hasPlace Galilee
Gilead
linked to: The Testaments

Samaria
Transjordanian territories of Israel
locatedIn Levant
linked to: Levant region

ancient Near East
mainPhase Siege of Samaria
opponent Kingdom of Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel

Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
partOf Neo-Assyrian expansion
result Assyrian victory
annexation of Israelite territory by Assyria
beginning of the dispersion of northern Israelites
deportation of Israelite population
destruction of the Kingdom of Israel
formation of Assyrian provinces in former Israelite territory
significance contributed to the rise of Jerusalem and Judah as main Israelite center
major turning point in the history of ancient Israel
one of the earliest major dispersions of the Jewish people
origin of the concept of the Ten Lost Tribes
startTime 8th century BCE
c. 734 BCE
timePeriod Iron Age II
linked to: Iron Age

Neo-Assyrian period

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Jewish diaspora hasMajorEarlyCause Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Kings coversEvent Assyrian conquest of Israel
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Hoshea event Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Shalmaneser V conflict Assyrian–Israelite conflict
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Tribe of Naftali conquestEvent Assyrian exile of northern tribes
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Siege of Samaria conflict Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Siege of Samaria precededBy Assyrian campaigns in the Levant under Tiglath-Pileser III
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Tribe of Ephraim exileEvent Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
subject linked to: tribe of Ephraim
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Northern Kingdom of Israel majorEvent Assyrian conquest of Samaria
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Samareia associatedWith Assyrian conquest of Israel
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian province of Samerina establishedAfter Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Divided Monarchy period endEvent Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
siege of Lachish partOf Assyrian campaign in Judah
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian conquest of Egypt precededBy Assyrian conquest of the Levant
linked to: Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
Ten Lost Tribes of Israel associatedEvent Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel