You're right, I think it was called "Syria Palestina" after the Bar Kochba rebellion. My point is that the identification of that very much disputed parcel of land switched back and fort a lot. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, the term Palestine referred to the entire area between Phoenicia and Egypt in 5th century BC. Herodotus wrote of a 'district of Syria, called Palaistinê" including the Judean mountains and the Jordan Rift Valley. I didn't mean to slight the Jewish Kingdoms, not at all. But even their identity shifts. For instance, Herod the Great, the "King of the Jews" during Miriam's time, was actually an Idumean and a tributary to the Romans. (It's kinda like when people say St. Nicholas was from Myra "in Turkey." Well no, better to say "in Anatolia" or "in the province of Asia" or "in Asia Minor." During his times there were no Turks there.) During Miriam's time there was no truly Jewish king.