ISRAEL, a name given by the Deity to the patriarch Isaac, and often used for the whole nation of the Jews.
Kingdom of ISRAEL, that of the ten tribes after their revolt from the house of David; called also the kingdom of Ephraim and of Samaria; extending both on this and on the other side of Jordan; and from Syria, thro' Galilee, to the borders of Benjamin; com-
prising the tribes of Dan and Simeon, and the west of Judah, quite to the borders of Egypt.