a kind of ancient royal archive called a stila. and it mentions a house, or dynasty of david. and the reading is clear. it also mentions an entity, a state-like entity called israel. reporter: it may seem like a small thing, but it s an important discovery. it makes david the earliest biblical figure whom we can confirm actually existed. but the stila doesn t confirm some of the more scandalous details of david s life. david, here was a guy who was the king. he had it all. he could have anything he wanted. he had the absolute loyalty of his soldiers. he was on top. and then he goes out, breaks a moral covenant with god. david was on his route in jerusalem and he saw this beautiful woman bathing on the roof, and he said, who s that woman? they said that s bathsheba, wife of uriah the hittite. his eye is the beginning of the problem. his eye that makes him forget
even today the flag of modern israel, founded 3,000 years after his reign, bears the symbol known as the star of david. and jerusalem is the place he chose as his capital, making it not only a holy city but a political one too. there s evidence that king david really lived. just 20 years ago in northern israel archaeologists discovered a kind of ancient royal archive called a stila. and it mentions a house, or dynasty of david. and the reading is clear. it also mentions an entity, a state-like entity called israel. reporter: it may seem like a small thing, but it s an important discovery. it makes david the earliest biblical figure whom we can confirm actually existed. but the stila doesn t confirm some of the more scandalous details of david s life. david, here was a guy who was the king. he had it all. he could have anything he wanted.
after his reign, bears the symbol known as the star of david. and jerusalem is the place he chose as his capital, making it not only a holy city but a political one too. there s evidence that king david really lived. just 20 years ago in northern israel archaeologists discovered a kind of ancient royal archive called a stila. and it mentions a house, or dynasty of david. and the reading is clear. it also mentions an entity, a state-like entity called israel. reporter: it may seem like a small thing, but it s an important discovery. it makes david the earliest biblical figure whom we can confirm actually existed. but the stila doesn t confirm some of the more scandalous details of david s life. david, here was a guy who was the king. he had it all. he could have anything he wanted.
story is invoked when they stand up to forces that seem certain to crush them. went against goliath, it s not only about him but the underprivileged, the underdog, the weak. rendered victorious ultimately. according to the bible, david s triumphs continued. he recaptured the ark of the covenant from the philistines. it had held the ten commandments. and he brought together the warring tribes of the 12 sons of jacob to form a nation. even today, the flag of modern israel founded 3,000 years after his death, bears the symbol known as the star of david. and jerusalem is where he made his life, not only a holly city, but a political one, too. there is evidence that king david really lived. just 20 years ago in northern israel, archaeologists discovered a kind of ancient
commandmants. today the flag bears the symbol known as the star of david. and jerusalem is not only a holy city but a political one too. there is evidence that king david really lived. just 20 years ago in northern israel, archaeologists discovered a kind of ancient royal archive called a stela. and it mentions a house of david. the reading is clear. it also mentions an entity, a statelike entity called israel. it may seem like a small thing, but it s an important discovery. it makes david the earliest biblical figure whom we can confirm actually existed. but the stela doesn t confirm the scandalous details of