History · 4 · David
Regions with little in common
The Negev in the deep south differed culturally from the Jerusalem area, and both from the Samarian hills, the Jezreel Valley, Galilee, and Gilead east of the Jordan.
Diversity was the starting point.
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Inhabitants could claim kinship across borders as easily as within them. Duty to a common king, not shared culture, first united them.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 61–62
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