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The Roots of Israel and Judah

Tides of History

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The House of David in the Eastern Mediterranean

Gath, not Jerusalem, was the key trading center of the region. Archaeological evidence backs up the idea of a small, marginal polity until well into the night century BC. With Gath out of the way, the kings of Judah could expand west into the Judean lowlands.

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