This excerpt is the first four-and-a-half pages of Chapter Eleven (“King David Versus King Arthur”) of my book, The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Excerpt about King David, from my book, "The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible" (Catholic Answers Press, 3-15-23).
Archaeology news: According to the Bible, David killed the giant Goliath (Image: GETTY)
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The archaeological site, which sits near Israel s border with Lebanon, was an Iron Age settlement built about 4500 BC and abandoned in 733 BC.
It was at Tel-Dan that researchers found a nearly 3,000-year-old inscription on the so-called Tel Dan Stele - stone slab - mentioning the fabled House of David.
Professor Meyer told Express.co.uk: Up until 1993 to 1994 not one shred of archaeological evidence existed outside the pages of the Bible that mentioned the name of one of the most central figures of the Old Testament: King David.