State · 930 – 720 BCE

Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)

A state of 930 – 720 BCE — 210 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) and Canaan. It was replaced by Samerina and followed by Neo-Assyrian Empire. The atlas records 20 things within it — people 20. Its line of rulers holds 21 people, 20 with dated terms. Its own article says it was conquered by Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Kingdom of Israel.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 210 years; 930 BCE – 720 BCE
Rulers: 21; the King of Israel
Most ground: 20,100 km²; in 930 BCE
Within it: 20; recorded rows

Map: Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in 930 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in 930 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 20,100 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in 930 BCE, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) in 800 BCE, last mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Canaan · replaces
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) · replaces · 1050 – 930 BCE

After it

Neo-Assyrian Empire · followed by · 911 – 609 BCE
Samerina · replaced by

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Neo-Assyrian Empire, -0720. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Around 720 BCE, Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of King of Israel - the office this state names as its head of state.

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Jeroboam I	931 BCE – 910 BCE	21 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Nadab of Israel	910 BCE – 909 BCE	1 year	killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	child
Baasha of Israel	909 BCE – 886 BCE	23 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Elah	886 BCE – 885 BCE	1 year	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	child
Zimri	885 BCE – 885 BCE	under a year	died by suicideWikidata's manner of death
Tibni	885 BCE – 880 BCE	5 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Omri	885 BCE – 874 BCE	11 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ahab	874 BCE – 853 BCE	21 years	died in battleWikidata's manner of death	child
Ahaziah of Israel	853 BCE – 852 BCE	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Jehoram of Israel	852 BCE – 841 BCE	11 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Jehu	841 BCE – 814 BCE	27 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Jehoahaz of Israel	814 BCE – 798 BCE	16 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Jehoash of Israel	798 BCE – 782 BCE	16 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Jeroboam II	782 BCE – 753 BCE	29 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Zechariah of Israel	753 BCE – 752 BCE	1 year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Shallum	752 BCE – 752 BCE	under a year	ending not on record
Menahem	752 BCE – 742 BCE	10 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Pekahiah	742 BCE – 740 BCE	2 years	killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	child
Pekah	740 BCE – 732 BCE	8 years	killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Hoshea	732 BCE – 722 BCE	10 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone

21 rulers, 20 with terms dated as terms, covering 931 BCE – 722 BCE. Median reign 10 years. 5 of 19 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

20,100 km² in 930 BCE, 13,400 km² in 720 BCE; at its largest 20,100 km² in 930 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1000 BCE – 901 BCE6 rows

Elijah · religious leader · 904 – 850 BCE
Ahab · ruler · 918 – 852 BCE
Omri · ruler · 940 – 874 BCE
Jehoahaz of Israel · ruler · 901 – 798 BCE
Jehoash of Israel · ruler · 901 – 782 BCE
Tibni · ruler · 951 – 880 BCE

900 BCE – 801 BCE8 rows

Jehu · ruler · 876 – 814 BCE
Ahaziah of Israel · ruler · 870 – 851 BCE
Jehoram of Israel · ruler · 870 – 841 BCE
Pekah · ruler · 801 – 732 BCE
Pekahiah · ruler · 801 – 740 BCE
Jeroboam II · ruler · 851 – 753 BCE
Menahem · ruler · 801 – 742 BCE
Zechariah of Israel · ruler · 801 – 752 BCE

800 BCE – 701 BCE1 row

Hoshea · ruler · 759 – 723 BCE

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood210 years
stood longer than 64% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held20,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 21% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record21
has more rulers on record than 92% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 951 BCE – 699 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 930 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q230407 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.