After the fall of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, political rule was held by the following powers:

Jerusalem was the capital of the Kingdom of Judah.

Judea was the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Judah.

The Kingdom of Judah was forced to pay tribute to Assyria.

Significant academic debate exists around the character of the Kingdom of Judah.

Jerusalem was the capital of the Kingdom of Judah for some 400 years.

He at once adopted means to perpetuate the division with the southern Kingdom of Judah.

The realm Rehoboam was left with was called Kingdom of Judah.

So the Jewish captives from the Kingdom of Judah were eventually sent to Jerusalem.

The only remnants of a fortified city with an advanced water system, from the time of the early Kingdom of Judah was found here.