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in 723 B.C. Samaria, capital of the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel, falls to Assyrian King Shalmaneser V.
The Israelites go into Assyrian captivity. * After the death of Zimri in 885 B.C. Tibni ruled half the nation and Omri ruled the other half (1 Kings 16:21 - 22).
Except for this brief mention in Scripture nothing else is known about Tibni. After Tibni's death Omri became sole king of the Northern kingdom in 880 B.C.

** Pekah began as a ruling rival of Menahem in 752 B.C. This rivalry lasted ten years (2 Kings 15:17) until Menahem's death in 742. From 742 to 740 Pekah and Pekahiah maintained rival
thrones (15:23), with Pekah beginning his sole rule of the Northern kingdom in 740 B.C. with his assassination of Pekahiah. Pekah's reign ended when he was assassinated by Hoshea in 732 (2
Kings 15:30).

List of the Kings of Judah and their response to Yahweh

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