King David
King David · Heroes of Israel
Warrior-king of the biblical narrative who united Israel and made Jerusalem its capital; his dynasty is referenced in the 9th-century BCE Tel Dan Stele.
c. 1040 BCE (biblical tradition), Bethlehem — c. 970 BCE (biblical tradition), Jerusalem
Judah and Jerusalem
King David is recognized among Israeli contributors to Heroes of Israel — Warrior-king of the biblical narrative who united Israel and made Jerusalem its capital; his dynasty is referenced in the 9th-century BCE Tel Dan Stele.
According to the biblical narrative in the books of Samuel, David rose from shepherd and warrior in Saul's service to king of Judah and then of all Israel, took Jerusalem and made it his capital, and defeated the Philistines who had pressed on the Israelite highlands for generations. The tradition credits him with turning a loose tribal confederation into a unified kingdom with a defensible centre. Attestation note: the detailed narrative of David's life comes from the Bible alone, and its scale is debated by historians; however, the Tel Dan Stele, an Aramaic victory inscription of the 9th century BCE, refers to the 'House of David', which most scholars accept as evidence that a dynasty founded by a ruler of that name existed.
David is therefore best described as a historically plausible dynastic founder whose biography is preserved only in the biblical account.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David
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Warrior-king of the biblical narrative who united Israel and made Jerusalem its capital; his dynasty is referenced in the 9th-century BCE Tel Dan Stele.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David
