This term should not be confused with historical Israelite kingdoms or with the modern 'State of Israel' or 'Medinat Yisrael'.
The boundaries of the Land of Israel are different from the borders of historical Israelite kingdoms.
Biblical chronology for the two Israelite kingdoms in the eighth century BC are both profuse and perplexing.
Is this evidence of an Edomite conquest at this time of part of the southern Israelite kingdom of Judah?
In the article, Shanks contends that an Israelite fortress of this scale establishes the existence of a strong, centralized Israelite kingdom at the time of David.
The Assyrians sent most of the northern Israelite kingdom into exile, thus creating the "Lost Tribes of Israel".
After the division of the Israelite kingdom, Jerusalem and a number of other cities expanded, supported by the surrounding villages and farms.
Subsequent Israelite kingdoms and states ruled intermittently over the next four hundred years, and are known from various extra-biblical sources.
In the Book of Kings, Dor was said to be incorporated into David's Israelite kingdom.
Some events of the Israelite kingdom given in the Book of Kings are more or less accurate as history.