Where did the ancient Israelites settle?

Answer 1

According to the Book of Genesis, Israel and his family settled in the land of Goshen, in Egypt. Four hundred years later, his descendants fled from Egypt and settled in Canaan.

According to scholars, the Israelites never really settled in Egypt. In fact, they were dissident Canaanites who left the coastal cities and settled in the sparsely populated mountainous hinterland of the Canaanite region around 1250 BCE.

Answer 2

The Israelites under Joshua, the Judges, and the first Israelite kings settled and lived throughout what is now Israel, except in Philistia (in the far southwest).

Later, after the kingdom split: The people of the southern kingdom of Judah lived in the inland region around the capital, Jerusalem. They were bordered by the Dead Sea to the East, the Negev Desert to the south and the Philistines, who occupied the coastal plain and foothills to the southwest.

The people of the northern kingdom of Israel lived in the inland region around the capital, Samaria, extending from the border with Judah in the south, to (and including) the Jezreel Valley to the north. Later conquests added Megiddo and other coastal Canaanite cities, as well as parts of what is now southern Syria, before being driven back and later, in turn, conquered by the Assyrians.

Answer 3

A:The land in which the Israelites lived changed in area over the centuries, depending on the fortunes of war, but was essentially part of what The Bible refers to as the land of the Canaanites.

Archaeologists have delineated settlement sites that represent Israelite settlements during the period of the Judges - the early period of Israelite history. The settlements were scattered around the central Palestinian highlands, largely around the north of what is now the Palestinian West Bank, while the southern area that became the kingdom of Judah was still very sparsely populated.

The northern kingdom of Israel was short-lived in historical terms. It gradually expanded towards the coast and to the north. Then under King Omri, Israel expanded aggressively, even capturing large areas of territory in what is now Syria, but was unable to hold most of this territory after the end of the Omrite dynasty. In fact, Israel was soon reduced to the area immediately surrounding its capital city, Samaria, before the final destruction of Israel in 722 BCE.

The southern kingdom of Judah was based on the highlands more or less to the west of the Dead Sea. Judah was always much smaller and less powerful than Israel, and its expansion to the north was constrained by the presence of Israel. Judah expanded southwards into the northern Negev and westwards into the foothills, but was unable to take the fertile coastal plains which were occupied by the Philistines between modern Tel Aviv and the Egyptian border. Prior to the Babylonian Exile, Judah lost much of its territory to the west and south.

Answer 4

Israelites have always had houses of prayer, which we now call synagogues. As long as the First Temple (and later, the Second Temple) stood, it was the central place of Israelite worship.

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Answer 5

be more specific. divided by Joshua or the Assyrians or...

After Joshua allotted the land to the Tribes of Israel, each tribe settled in their portion, with Judah in the south, Gad in the northeast, Naphtali and others in the north, etc.

After the land was divided when Solomon died, the Southern Kingdom consisted of Judah and Benjamin, and the Northern Kingdom included the other ten of the Tribes.

Answer 6

According to the Egyptians, they were tribes of brigands and herdsmen living in the Judean Hills.

Answer 7

Israel.

Answer 8

Israel.