By the 12th century BCE, the freed Hebrews came to the promised land, prophesied by Yahweh. The Hebrews formed twelve tribes, known as the tribes of Israel.(purdue) There were ten tribes in the northern section and two in the southern section.(purdue) This period, before the start of the United Kingdom monarchy, was known as the period of the Judges (1200-1000 BCE).(purdue) At the end of this period, still lacking a central monarchy, the tribes started to become in control of Philistines.(purdue) King Saul, the leading candidate to save the tribes from the conquering of the Philistines, tried to establish a single monarchy from a group of diverse tribes. King Saul constructed a military fortress in Gibeah and created an army of around 3000 …show more content…
By 587 BCE, The city of Jerusalem was left in ruins and the ark of the covenant was lost