Person
David
Also called: King David
Second king of the Hebrew kingdom (c. 1000 BC), who made Jerusalem his capital
Where they went
2 related events
A story told in the First Book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible: the shepherd boy David felled the Philistine giant Goliath in the Valley of Elah with a single stone from his sling.
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The Hebrews settled in Palestine and built a prosperous kingdom centred on Jerusalem under David and Solomon. Their faith in the one God Yahweh, Judaism, became the root of Christianity and Islam.
People who appear alongside
- Solomon
Son of David who led the Hebrew kingdom at its height (10th century BC) and, according to the Bible, built the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem
Themes this person appears in
- Early Civilizations and Empires3500 BC – 486 BC
From the first civilizations in the great river valleys to the first empires of the Near East, India and China — comparing their writing, law, religion and rule