King david of israel

Dvar Haftarah: When a father’s silence becomes his son’s downfall

For all his accomplishments, King David made what appears to have been a serious mistake as a father, one that this week’s haftarah of parashat Chayei Sarah does not hesitate to expose.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
When a father’s silence becomes his son’s downfall.
Let us ensure we do not let this election divide us. Pictured: Dismantling a sukkah in Ashdod, Oct. 5.

Jonathan and David: When elections turn friends into enemies

In the weeks ahead, Israelis will argue fiercely about the election and the country’s future. Jews elsewhere will have their own arguments about Israel, politics, and the Jewish community's future.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
Israelis ride their bicycles along the empty Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays.

The thought that changes everything - opinion

Nabal himself remained oblivious until the next morning. The prophet Shmuel tells us that when Abigail informed him what had happened, “his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.” 

|ByLEO DEE
Newly restored Tomb of Yishai and Ruth atop Tel Hebron in the West Bank, September 15, 2026.

Hebron’s Jewish community finishes restoring tomb belonging to ancestors of biblical King David

The work was spearheaded by the community’s international spokesperson, Yishai Fleisher, a member of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Artifact confirming Jewish King David as historical figure on display in Edmond, Oklahoma

The Tel Dan Stele, a key biblical artifact, will be displayed at Herbert W. Armstrong College from September 22 to November 25.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The victory stele discovered by Avraham Biran in 1993 in northern Israel. The inscription on the stele provided the first confirmation of King David as a historical figure.

Biblical Kingdom of Judah expanded into Israel earlier than previously thought, study finds

In this comprehensive study, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel examines the earliest fortified sites in the kingdom of Judah during the 10th century BCE.

JUNE 28, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Aerial view of the casemate city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa

Solving biblical mysteries and hiking the holy land

It was only years later when I moved to Israel as an adult that I finally began to understand what biblical spelunking was all about.

JUNE 11, 2023BySUSANNAH SCHILD
ONE OF the multitude of caves in the Judean Desert, from Nahal Darja to Qumran.

Where is biblical Goliath buried? Perhaps where Jesus was crucified

No excavations have been carried out as of yet - the proposed area is quite literally within the confines of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByWALLA! TOURISM
David with the Head of Goliath

Graffiti of knight from Middle Ages discovered in King David's Tomb

IAA researchers discovered an inscription bearing the name and family emblem of a Swiss noble who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1466.

OCTOBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An inscription bearing the name of Swiss noble Adrian von Bubenberg, discovered in King David's Tomb in Jerusalem

New animated feature film on King David in production

JUNE 26, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

American immigrants reinvent David's 'Slingshot' as whiskey in Ella Valley

Legends Distillery has created Israel's first bourbon at the site where David fought Goliath.

FEBRUARY 28, 2022ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Alan Cohl and Noam Cohen of Legends Distillery

Grapevine: Running roughshod

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOW-MAYOR Moshe Lion campaigns at the shuk for the 2018 race.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra headlines 'Hallelujah Festival' dedicated to Book of Psalms

A concert series dedicated to Tehillim, the Book of Psalms, is taking place this month in Jerusalem.

DECEMBER 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE JERUSALEM Symphony Orchestra.

What did King David’s Israel look like? The answer is not set in stone

Archeological investigation of King David's kingdom has been suffering from an inherent bias of the western world.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Slaves’ Hill in the center of the Timna Valley.