King david of israel

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
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.
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
KING DAVID, a detail of the early 16th-century marble statue by Michelangelo, kept at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy.

From Saul's failure to David's reckoning, 'Human Kingship' examines the dangers of power - review

Rabbi David Silber's Human Kingship rereads the Book of Samuel to ask what restrains a ruler when no tribunal can remove him, and whether justice can survive unchecked power.

|ByBARUCH LANDA
History repeats itself ...

Israel's cycle of crisis and renewal: The five stages of Jewish history - opinion

Despite recurring crises and global hostility, Jewish history is framed as ending not in decline but in renewal and survival.

|BySTEWART WEISS

A feast fit for a king

Dining in style at the King David Hotel’s La Régence.

MARCH 15, 2015ByDEBBIE KANDEL
La Régence restaurant in King David Hotel

Ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence

House of David inscription, part of the “Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

DECEMBER 16, 2014ByJTA
Ancient rock with House of David inscription

King David’s festival

Neither Shavuot nor King David would be possible without the Oral Torah.

JUNE 7, 2014ByRAYMOND APPLE
An old wooden chessboard depicts King David.

Identity theft in Bethlehem

Redefined depictions of his life all but surrounded Manger Square, the place where Francis conducted a mass.

MAY 28, 2014ByBRIAN SCHRAUGER
Pope Francis (L) meets Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 25, 2014.

The Tower of David marks 25 years

Director Eilat Lieber reviews the museum’s recent history and looks ahead.

APRIL 10, 2014ByVICTORIA KEZRA
Director Eilat Lieber has plans for innovations at the museum.