Israel: History

Israel is an ancient country; one of the proofs for this fact is that they settled in the year of 1404 B.C. Israel was divided in 12 tribes named after the 12 sons of Jacob. The first king of Israel was Saul, after him, David and Solomon according to the Bible.

After Solomon, due to a civil war, Israel split up into 2 countries Israel (or Ephraim) and Judah, those countries had independent kingdoms. ‘Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon’, attacked Israel and destroyed the wall and the Temple of Jerusalem. He took the wisest and richest people captive and let the poor have the land.

Through a decree, ‘Cyrus, king of Persia’ authorized Nehemiah, his cupbearer to go back to their land in the year of 534 b.C, some Israelites went back to Israel with Nehemiah and rebuilt the Temple and the wall. Israel remained there during all the life of Jesus and in III century a.D they suffered the Diaspora caused by the Roman Empire.