Tarihin Tsohuwar Isra'ila da Yahuda a yankin Kudancin Levant yana farawa ne a lokacin Marigayi Shekarun Tagulla da Farkon Zamanin ƙarfe.Mafi dadewa sananne game da Isra'ila a matsayin jama'a yana cikin Merneptah Stele dagaMasar , tun daga kusan 1208 KZ.Ilimin kayan tarihi na zamani ya nuna cewa al’adun Isra’ilawa na dā sun samo asali ne daga wayewar Kan’aniyawa.A lokacin Iron Age II, an kafa gwamnatoci biyu na Isra'ila, Masarautar Isra'ila (Samaria) da Masarautar Yahuda a yankin.Bisa ga Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci, “Masarautar Haɗaɗɗen Mulki” ƙarƙashin Saul, Dauda, ​​da Sulemanu ta wanzu a ƙarni na 11 K.Z., wanda daga baya ya rabu zuwa Mulkin arewacin Isra’ila da kuma Kudancin Yahuda, na ƙarshe ya ƙunshi Urushalima da Haikalin Yahudawa.Yayin da ake muhawara game da tarihin wannan Masarautar Ƙasar, an yarda cewa Isra'ila da Yahuda sun kasance ƙungiyoyi daban-daban a kusan 900 KZ ^[19] da 850 KZ ^[20] , bi da bi.Masarautar Isra'ila ta fada hannun Daular Neo-Assuriyawa a kusan shekara ta 720 KZ ^[21] , yayin da Yahuda ta zama wata ƙasa abokin ciniki na Assuriyawa daga baya kuma daular Neo-Babila .Tawayen da aka yi wa Babila sun kai ga halaka Yahuda a shekara ta 586 K.Z. ta wurin Nebuchadnezzar II, har ta kai ga halaka Haikali Sulemanu da kuma bautar Yahudawa zuwa Babila.^[22] Wannan lokacin gudun hijira ya nuna gagarumin ci gaba a cikin addinin Isra'ila, yana canzawa zuwa addinin Yahudanci na tauhidi.Ƙushin Yahudawa ya ƙare da faduwar Babila zuwa Daular Farisa a kusan 538 KZ.Dokar Sairus Mai Girma ya ƙyale Yahudawa su koma Yahuda, sun fara komawa Sihiyona da kuma gina Haikali na Biyu, wanda ya fara lokacin Haikali na Biyu.^[23]