Northern Kingdom (Samaria)
Israelite kingdoms
Samaria (Shomron) was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, established by King Omri in the ninth century BCE; its site lies in the hill country north of Shechem (in the northern West Bank). In the biblical narrative it was the setting for the activity of the prophets Elijah and Elisha, who confronted the kings of Israel.
5 teachers
Teachers who lived here
Eliyahu HaNavi
Eliyahu HaTishbi (Elijah the Prophet) (-900–-800)
Elisha HaNavi
Elisha ben Shafat (-880–-795)
Hoshea HaNavi
Hoshea ben Be'eri (Hosea) (-780–-710)
prophetic ministry (Northern Kingdom) -755–-715
King of Israel
Achav ben Omri (Ahab) (?–-853)
capital -874–-853
Queen of Israel
Izevel bat Etbaal (Jezebel) (?–-841)
queen at the capital -874–-853