From Saul to Solomon

Overview

Explore the military threats to the Israelites in Canaan that required a unified command and the anointing of Israelite kings. Visit Mt. Gilboa, site of King Saul’s defeat by the Philistines. Then, find archaeological evidence of the reign of King David, who took Jerusalem as the Israelite capital, and, at the fortress of Megiddo, of King Solomon, who built the legendary First Temple.