History · 6 · Jehu and Elisha

Five centuries without a native king

After Samaria fell, foreign governors ruled the region. A native monarchy returned only about five hundred years later, under the Maccabees.

Long periods of foreign rule shaped the Bible.

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The Maccabean kingdom included North and South but was ruled from Jerusalem with a pronounced Judean profile.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 96

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