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# King David or Chief David?
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3220/
- Published: 2005-12-02T17:57:11.000Z
- Updated: 2005-12-02T17:57:11.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: History, #wpChunk

[Interesting piece at *WaPo* about current archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101944.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Excerpt:

> Some archaeologists believe Jerusalem was no more than a tiny hilltop village when it served as David's capital. The discovery of a palace or other large public building from David's time would strengthen the opposing view that he and his son, Solomon, presided over a civilization grander than the collection of rural clans some historians say made up the Jewish kingdom.

> Whether David was a tribal chieftain or visionary monarch matters deeply to the Jewish historical narrative -- the story of a single people, once ruled by kings, and later dispossessed of its homeland until the modern state of Israel was created nearly 2,000 years later following the horrors of the Holocaust.