932–723 BCE · 3 snapshots
Watch the boundaries of biblical-era polities shift across a draggable timeline. Click any place to see its affiliation in all 13 periods, scriptural references and archaeology notes.
Rehoboam's harsh rule provokes the ten northern tribes to secede; Jeroboam founds the northern kingdom of Israel and sets up golden calves at Dan and Bethel.
Omri founds Samaria as the northern capital; Ahab and Jezebel promote Baal worship, and Elijah confronts them on Mount Carmel.
Jeroboam II recovers Damascus and Lebo-hamath and the northern kingdom peaks, but inequality and idolatry prompt the prophets to announce judgment.
Boundaries are schematic approximations, not survey-grade geography. This is a historical-geography study tool and takes no position on matters of faith.