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The House of David (formally The Israelite House of David) is a religious group founded in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in March 1903. [1] It was co-founded by spouses Benjamin Purnell (1861–1927) and Mary Purnell (1862–1953).
Later rabbinical authorities granted the office of exilarch to family members that traced its patrilineal [29] descent from David, King of Israel. The highest official of Babylonian Jewry was the exilarch (Reish Galuta, "Head of the Diaspora"). Those who held the position traced their ancestry to the House of David in the male line. [29]
House of David is an upcoming American historical drama series developed by Jon Erwin for Amazon Prime Video. The series will tell the story of David , a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy .
In the story, David becomes the King of Israel, along the way taking on Goliath (Martin Ford) and navigating love and loss to fulfill his ultimate destiny despite starting off as an outcast teenager.
The author of the inscription mentions conflict with the kings of Israel and the 'House of David'. [20] The names of the two enemy kings are only partially legible. Biran and Naveh reconstructed them as Joram, son of Ahab, King of Israel, and Ahaziah, son of Joram of the House of David.
God did not promise an unbroken monarchy but one of David's descendants who would be qualified to sit on that throne when it was reestablished. For Jeremiah 33:14 states 14 "Look, the days are coming" -- this is the LORD's declaration -- "when I will fulfill the good promise that I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah."
The name "City of David" originates in the biblical narrative where Israelite king David conquers Jerusalem, then known as Jebus, from the Jebusites. David's conquest of the city is described twice in the Bible: once in the Books of Samuel and once in the Books of Chronicles; those two versions vary in certain
Three years later, he returns to Israel and leads an armed revolt against the House of David, but is killed by David's nephew and army commander Joab during the Battle of the Wood of Ephraim. Tamar is described as being left "a desolate women in her brother's house" and the sole guardian of her orphaned niece, who is also named Tamar.