Annemeet Hasidi-van Der LeijNov 13, 20163 minHistory of Jerusalem, part 5. King David conquers Jebus (=Jerusalem)After 7 years of rule from Hebron, King David conquers Jerusalem around the year 1004 BCE. I Kings 2:11 cites the length of the reign of...
Annemeet Hasidi-van Der LeijNov 12, 20163 minHistory of Jerusalem, part 4. The Amarna lettersMany political and military events of this period are recorded in the El-Amarna letters.* This archive includes letters from the warring...