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King David

From 'David,' the new animated film that reached Israeli theaters on February 26, 2026 (Courtesy)
April 4, 2026, 3:00 pm
Angel Studio’s new animated ‘David’ will feel familiar to Israelis – and Christians, too
Musical retelling of the shepherd boy turned king of the Israelites now playing in Israeli theaters in Hebrew, with dubbing featuring Sasson Shaulov, Miri Mesika and Shahar Tavoch
By Jessica Steinberg
Israel's Leviathan gas field processing rig as seen from Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, on January 1, 2020. (Flash90)
December 28, 2025, 3:39 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 28: Day 814 – Will $35 billion gas deal with Egypt hike electricity costs?
Tech editor Sharon Wrobel reports on natural gas agreement; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin discusses ancient Holy Land trinkets and Israel’s Kingdom of David
By Jessica Steinberg, Sharon Wrobel and Rossella Tercatin
Palestinian men drink coffee as they sit next to a statue of King David in Jerusalem's Old City, January 27, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/ Flash90/ File)
December 27, 2025, 3:46 am
Despite academic battle royal, a new book returns David’s kingdom to its place in history
In ‘The Bible’s First Kings,’ scholars piece together archaeology and biblical studies to show that a United Monarchy indeed emerged in the region’s highlands 3,000 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
Tel Aviv University Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef at Timna National Park. (Courtesy)
September 29, 2023, 8:09 am
What Matters Now to archaeologist Erez Ben-Yosef: King David’s tent-dwelling monarchy
The Tel Aviv University professor proposes that just because early Israelite kings were nomadic doesn’t mean they didn’t control complex societies. ‘Look at Genghis Khan’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: People at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank, June 22, 2023. (Flash90)
June 27, 2023, 1:23 pm
Daily Briefing June 27: Reports from Evyatar & Turmus Ayya; proof of David’s kingdom?
Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon describes life at the repopulated outpost and conversations with bereaved Palestinians; Melanie Lidman on AI to read millennia-old cuneiform
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of the casements of the city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa, which were used as dwellings or storage. (courtesy Yosef Garfinkel)
June 26, 2023, 7:15 pm
Web of biblical cities depicts King David as major ruler, says Israeli archaeologist
Hebrew University professor claims evidence around Jerusalem supports David as no mere shepherd chieftain; critics accuse him of oversimplification, calling theory a fish story
By Melanie Lidman
Ben Cosgrove attends a special screening of "Black Christmas" in Los Angeles, Dec. 5, 2019. (Rachel Luna/Getty Images via JTA)
September 23, 2022, 6:27 am
New indie production company to specialize in making Jewish stories for film and TV
Leviathan acquires rights to planned adaptations of a play about British Jewish chemist Rosalind Franklin, a novel on King David and a book on US role in Israel’s Independence War
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (Republican - North Carolina) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting in the US Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
October 5, 2021, 7:34 am
Congressman Madison Cawthorn cites ‘Christian principles’ of King David in ad
Republican urges constituents to push government leaders to adopt Christian values he says were shown by figures in Hebrew Bible, including prophet Daniel, Queen Esther
By JTA and ToI Staff
Workers prepare the King David Hotel sukkah on October 3, 2017 (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 20, 2021, 5:34 am
Jerusalem hotels bet on local guests this Sukkot — but don’t expect a bargain
Giving up on foreign tourists for the approaching holiday season, high-end establishments seek to woo domestic tourists to spend their vacation shekels
By Jessica Steinberg
The three directors of the Khirbet a-Ra‘i excavation. (Left to right) Israel Antiquities Authority's Saar Ganor, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Dr. Kyle Keimer of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, on July 8, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
July 8, 2019, 10:44 pm
As archaeologists say they’ve found King David’s city of refuge, a debate begins
Mere hours after team claims to have uncovered 3,000-year-old biblical town of Ziklag south of Jerusalem, two of their peers insist they most certainly have not
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Volunteers excavate pottery from Khirbet a-Ra'i, which archaeologists have identified as biblical Ziklag. (Excavation expedition to Khirbet a-Ra‘i)
July 8, 2019, 10:16 am
Archaeologists say they found town where future King David took refuge from Saul
For decades scholars sought the elusive site of Ziklag, where the Bible says David was given shelter by Philistine King Achish
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Digital drawing of the proposed reading, end of line 31 of the Mesha Stele inscription. (© West Semitic Research/Michael Langlois)
May 3, 2019, 6:41 am
High-tech study of ancient stone suggests new proof of King David’s dynasty
After reading of 9th century BCE Mesha Stele replaces biblical king with Moabite figure, scholar says 3-D imaging proves ‘House of David’ is more likely, just as many thought
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
In the upper terrace at Kiriath-jearim, a massive wall was unearthed some 15 cm below topsoil. The site is said to have hosted to Ark of the Covenant (Shmunis Family Excavations at Kiriath-jearim)
January 10, 2019, 8:05 pm
Biblical site tied to Ark of the Covenant unearthed at convent in central Israel
Excavation uncovers a unique, monumental structure previously unknown in the region. Was it a shrine — or the site of David’s triumphant parade of the legendary ark?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The inner gate floor from the 11th-10th century BCE discovered in 2018 at the ongoing excavations at Bethsaida. (Hanan Shafir, the Bethsaida Archaeological excavations)
July 10, 2018, 8:57 pm
Ancient city gate uncovered in the Galilee may have tie to biblical King David
Site where Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and the fishes was possibly the biblical-era city Tzer, where the Bible’s most famous king once claimed a bride
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Prof. Sturt Manning coring an example multi-century old Juniperus phoenicea tree near Petra in southern Jordan of the type employed in the Taybet Zaman buildings. (Sturt Manning, Cornell University)
June 7, 2018, 6:20 pm
Upstart carbon dating study could force rewrite of Holy Land’s biblical timeline
Cornell University prof shows how archaeologists’ data could be skewed by decades — potentially disproving the narrative of David and Solomon’s United Monarchy
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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