Coin Portraits of Jews from the 1st Century

King David Brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem

David Receiving the News of Uriah’s Death by Rembrandt

King David Is Forbidden to Build the First Israelite Temple to G-d

King David and Bathsheba

King David’s Palace

King David’s Palace

Column Capital from the City of David

King Saul Attempts to Assassinate David

The Millo

King David’s Jerusalem The City of David

Saul and David by Rembrandt

David Presents the Head of Goliath to King Saul by Rembrandt

David and Goliath

Timeline of King David of Israel

King David Enters History

Herod the Great Amphora Fragment Found at Masada

Coin of Herod the Great

Mark Antony Establishes Herod “the Great” as Roman Client King of the Land of Israel

Herod Appeals to the Romans

The Celebration of Purim in Jerusalem and Alexandria

Aristobulus I (Yehuda), son of John Hyrcanus, Claims both the Kingship and the High Priesthood

Hasmonean Kingdom

The Seleucids Withdraw

Onias IV Flees to Egypt and Builds a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis

Heliodorus Is Sent by King Seleucus IV to Raid the Temple Treasure

The Seleucids achieved a complete victory over the Ptolemaic army during the Battle of Panium, 200 BCE placing Israel under Seleucid rule

The Great Library of Alexandria

Response with permission from the Persian governor of Judea, Bagohi, to rebuild the Temple in Elephantine

Nehemiah Asks King Artaxerxes for Permission to Rebuild the Wall of Jerusalem

Nehemiah, Cup Bearer to the King

Persian Wine Set

Persian King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) and Queen Esther

King Jehoiachin is Freed in Babylon

Nabonidus, the Last King of the Babylonian Empire

Exiled Judeans in Babylonia

Ba'alis, King of Ammon

King Zedekiah Permits Gedaliah and Jehuchal to Throw Jeremiah into the Pit

The Babylonians attack Jerusalem

The Babylonian Destruction of Lachish and Azekah

King Jehoiachin of Judah, Is Exiled to Babylon

King Zedekiah of Judah

The Broad Wall of King Hezekiah

King Sennacherib Withdraws from Jerusalem

King Sennacherib of Assyria Attacks the City of Lachish

The Tomb of Shebna, the Royal Steward

The Death of Sennacherib: Esarhaddon Becomes King of Assyria

Pharaoh of Egypt Taharqa (Tirhakah)

King Hezekiah and Sennacherib

The Lachish Reliefs Depict the Battle of Lachish and the Deportation of Israelites

King Sennacherib at Lachish sends Rabshakeh to Jerusalem

King Uzziah of Judah

King Hezekiah Prepares to Battle the Sennacherib

King Hezekiah Builds the Siloam Tunnel to Protect Jerusalem’s Water Supply from the Assyrians

The Siloam Tunnel Inscription From Hezekiah's Tunnel, The Oldest Hebrew Text

Hezekiah's Tunnel

King Hezekiah Prepares to Battle the Sennacherib

Temple at Arad

Sargon II, King of Assyria, Captures Samaria

King Hoshea of Israel