2 Samuel 5:19

So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC

WHEN

c. 1010-1003 BC

counted from the text

David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.

WHO RULED

  • David king of Israel 1010-970 BC
SOURCES
  • date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
  • David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)

SEE ALSO

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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