The Kingdom of Israel was an Israelite kingdom that may have existed in the Southern Levant. The first extra-biblical mention of Israel dates from the Merneptah Stele created by Pharaoh Merneptah in 1
Land of Israel Shewing the Purveyorships in the Reign of Solomon, published by James Wyld in 1819 based on the Books of Kings
Aerial view of Khirbet Qeiyafa, an archaeological site in modern-day Israel (2008)
Arthur Szyk. Visual History of Nations, Israel, New Canaan, CT
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David was, originally, leader of the Tribe of Judah who became the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
…to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, the United Kingdom of Israel or the United Monarchy existed under the reigns of Saul, Ish-bosheth, David, and Solomon, encompassing the territories of both the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Whether the United Monarchy existed—and, if so, to what…
King David Playing the Harp (1622) by Gerard van Honthorst
King David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (c. 1640)
Samuel anoints David, Dura-Europos synagogue, now in Syria, 3rd century AD.
David and Goliath (1888), colour lithograph by German artist Osmar Schindler