2 Samuel 5:23

So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN

c. 1010-1003 BC

counted from the text

David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.

WHO RULED

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)

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