Editing Israelites (section)

==== United Monarchy ====
{{Main|Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)||}}

[[File:Black Obelisk side 4 Jewish delegation.jpg|thumb|Part of the gift-bearing Israelite delegation of King Jehu, [[Black Obelisk]], 841–840&nbsp;BCE.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Delitzsch|first1=Friedrich|url=https://archive.org/stream/babelbibl00deli/babelbibl00deli#page/78/mode/1up|title=Babel and Bible;|last2=McCormack|first2=Joseph|last3=Carruth|first3=William Herbert|last4=Robinson|first4=Lydia Gillingham|date=1906|location=Chicago |publisher=The Open Court |page=78}}</ref>]]
The historicity of the United Monarchy is heavily debated among archaeologists and biblical scholars: biblical maximalists and centrists ([[Kenneth Kitchen]], [[William G. Dever]], [[Amihai Mazar]], [[Baruch Halpern]] and others) argue that the biblical account is more or less accurate, while biblical minimalists ([[Israel Finkelstein]], [[Ze'ev Herzog]], [[Thomas L. Thompson]] and others) argue that Israel and Judah never split from a singular state. The debate has not been resolved, but recent archaeological discoveries by [[Eilat Mazar]] and [[Yosef Garfinkel]] show some support for the existence of the United Monarchy.<ref name="Zachary" />

From 850 BCE onwards, a series of inscriptions mention the "[[Davidic line|House of David]]". They came from Israel's neighbors.{{sfn|Joffe|2002|p=450}}<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-07-02|title=Divided Kingdom, United Critics|website=Biblical Archaeology Society|url=https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/divided-kingdom-united-critics/|access-date=2021-04-25|archive-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409185456/https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/divided-kingdom-united-critics/|url-status=live}}</ref>