King david of israel

From Saul's failure to David's reckoning, 'Human Kingship' examines the dangers of power - review

Rabbi David Silber's Human Kingship rereads the Book of Samuel to ask what restrains a ruler when no tribunal can remove him, and whether justice can survive unchecked power.

KING DAVID, a detail of the early 16th-century marble statue by Michelangelo,   kept at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy.
History repeats itself ...

Israel's cycle of crisis and renewal: The five stages of Jewish history - opinion

Archaeological dig site at Tel Azekah, Israel, Mach 29, 2026.

Persian-era mass grave of children found during excavations in Israel’s Tel Azekah - study

Goliath is dead!

All women production retells David’s journey from shame to servant king


King David-era fort found in Israel's Golan Heights

The archaeologists think that the fort was built by the kingdom of Geshur, an ally of King David.

Ofri Eitan of the Kfar Hanasi pre-military Academi next to the engraved stone

Galilee’s geography backs historicity of Salomon’s kingdom, scholar says

How accurate is the Bible in its portrayal of the size of Salomon's Kingdom?

View from Har Meron looking NNE over the Dalton Plateau.

Grapevine October 13, 2019: Honoring the righteous

The physicians in the course are participating in a program initiated by Jewish Agency subsidiary, the Israel Experience, which specializes in educational tourism.

STUDY OF King David, 1866. (Depicts Sir Henry Taylor; Wikimedia Commons)

A parable of politics and machinations of our own time

Then there are the women, Batsheba (Adva Edni), and Avishag (Inbar Dannon), both opportunists, the former blatant, the latter not, each manipulating David for their own ends.

THE PAINTING ‘David Giving Thanks to God After the Death of Goliath’ by Charles Errard.

Galut or geula: Where are we?

We like to fantasize about the “glory days” of King David and King Solomon,an era when the Beit Hamikdash existed and the Levites sung and the sacrifices were offered. But was it all really so grand?

‘WAS THERE ever a better Israel than this one?’: Israel Air Force F-161s fly over the beaches of Tel Aviv on a recent Independence Day.

Philistine refuge of King David said to have been found

The excavation began in 2015 at the Khirbet al-Ra'i site, located between Kiryat Gat and Lachish, and was led by Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University.

Aerial view of the archaeological site at Khirbet a-Ra'i.

Archaeologists identify city gate from time of King David

The previously uncovered gate found in the area last year was cautiously identified to be a part of the biblical city of Zer.

Bethsaida 88 248

King Balak may have existed, TAU researchers find

The Mesha Stele may have just proven the existence of King Balak from the Book of Numbers in the Old Testament!

The Mesha Stele

Paper Artist Brings Historical Jerusalem Figures To Life

New exhibition at Tower of David Museum features cutting-edge sculptures of Dutch-Armenian artist Karen Sargsyan.

Tower of David Museum

A Frog Turns Into A Prince

The Jerusalem Post