Ancient Israel: Social institutions

according to Ex Achab Ammonites ancient anointed Arabs Aramaean army Assyrian Babylonian Bible biblical brothers calendar called Canaan Canaanite century B.C. chariots circumcision clan Code Code of Hammurabi concubines Covenant cubit custom David death Deuteronomy divine divorce Egypt Egyptian ephah Exile expression father feast foreign go'el Greek hand Hebrew Hittite holy husband institution Israel Israelite Jerusalem Jews Joas Josias Josue Judah Judges king king's kingdom kingdom of Judah land later levirate live marriage married master means mentioned Mesopotamia monarchy month Moses Nehemias never nomad Nuzu official Old Testament Ozias palace Palestine parallel passages period Pharaoh Philistines priest prophets Qumran reckoning refer reign religious rites Roboam royal Sadoq Samaria sanctuary Saul Saul's says Shechem shekels slaves Solomon sons story Temple texts tion tomb took town tribe Ugarit wife woman word Yahweh