Archaeologists have discovered objects that for the first time shed light on how a cult was organized in Judah at the time of King David ... The absence of cultic images of humans or animals ...

Excavations in Jerusalem revealed that Sennacherib’s 701 BCE military campaign impacted Judah's economy, uncovering administrative changes under King Hezekiah. The Judahite stamp impressions are ...

But the southern elders went to Hebron, David’s military base, and in due course anointed David king “over the house of Judah.” At first, David chose to ignore the Philistines and instead ...