Is there real evidence for the United Kingdom of Israel?
Did the kingdoms of Saul, David, and Solomon really exist, or are they legends? In this episode of Searching for a King, Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell travel across Israel to examine the archaeological and geographical evidence behind the Bible’s account of Israel’s first kings.

Visit Shiloh, explore the artifact collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority, walk through the Philistine city of Ashdod, and fly over the Valley of Elah and Jerusalem to see how the land itself confirms the biblical record. Through archaeology, history, and on-location exploration, this episode investigates whether the Bible’s description of the United Kingdom of Israel matches what we find in the ground today.

If the Bible records real history, we should expect real evidence.

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00:00 Did Israel’s first kings really exist?
01:26 Shiloh — The Tabernacle and the Judges period
05:39 Evidence from archaeology and sacrifices
11:37 Inside the Israel Antiquities Authority warehouse
15:50 Did the United Monarchy exist?
19:07 Ashdod and the Philistines
21:56 Aerial tour of Israels battlefields
23:21 Jerusalem and the City of David
24:07 Valley of Elah — David and Goliath
26:14 Evidence for Saul, David, and the kings of Israel

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