Q: Why did you want to excavate here, in this part of Jerusalem? Eilat Mazar: We started excavations here because we wanted to examine the possibility that the remains of King David's palace are here.

On the heels of Mazar's claim to have discovered King David's palace, two other archaeologists have unveiled remarkable finds. Twenty miles southwest of Jerusalem in the Elah Valley—the very ...

Instead, the show focuses at least as much on Saul, first king of Israel, ordained by the great prophet Samuel, as it does on David. Saul disobeys one of God’s commands when he keeps an enemy ...

was crowned to briefly rule over part of Israel as a rival to King David and where David later found refuge following his son's rebellion, per Samuel 17:24 and Samuel 17:27.

Purim and the Bible’s modern-day message for Israel after Oct 7.The post King David’s hostage negotiations appeared first on JNS.org.

I imagine it would have gone down a little like this . . . Jerusalem News ... He continued, “David is a king, not a priest. We don’t need a holy man in the palace. We need a warrior and ...

House of David reaches the halfway mark as Saul's kingdom struggles to maintain its foothold. Read our Episode 5 recap.