FACT CHECK · JEWISH HISTORY
Claim: There is no proof King David ever existed
FALSETHE ANSWER
The Tel Dan Stele (c.840 BCE), an Aramean king's victory text, names 'the House of David'. David's tomb on Mt Zion is a later tradition, but the dynasty is attested in stone.
SOURCE
Tel Dan Stele, Israel Museum
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