Map of Assyrian invasion into Judah
Israel takes Ramah from Judah
Israel takes Ramah from Judah
Judah rents the Syrian army
Israel’s King Baasha ended a long stretch of peace for Judah when his army took the border town of Ramah and turned it into their frontline…Jerusalem and cities of Israel
Jerusalem and cities of Israel
Jerusalem and northward
Kings ruled the Jewish people for about 400 years, from the time of King Saul in roughly 1000 BC until Babylonians leveled Jerusalem in 586 BC and deported the survivors as…King Saul’s neighborhood, Gibeah
King Saul's neighborhood, Gibeah
King Saul's neighborhood
Benjamin's tiny tribe
Israel's first king, a donkey herder named Saul, ruled Israel from the small town of Gibeah, in the hills above the Philistine war chariots down in the…Gibeon
Gibeon
Gibeon, civil war begins
2 Samuel 2
BATTLE OF GIBEON
12Abner marched the soldiers of King Ishbosheth out of…Ramah to Bethlehem to anoint David king
Ramah to Bethlehem to anoint David king
Battle of Michmash
Battle of Michmash
Battle of Michmash
Before the Battle of Michmash began, Philistines and Israelites camped on opposite sides of a steep and normally dry riverbed that locals call a wadi (gulch). It was the Michmash Pass through that…