David

By: BAS Staff

Researchers announced their belief that they may have uncovered the biblical town of Ziklag. Located between Kiryat Gat and Lachish in southern Israel, Khirbet a-Ra‘i […]

By: Rodney Caruthers II

Modern notions of inspiration often evoke images of writers, artists, and musicians who experience moments when their creative powers are at their zenith. The artist […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Just how big was King David’s Judah? Numerous proposals have been put forward, but it remains a divisive question for archaeologists and biblical scholars alike. […]

By: Megan Sauter

The Philistines are best known from the Bible as the Israelites’ enemies, but they were much more than that. Recent archaeological discoveries help inform our […]

By: Michele Barasso

By: Marek Dospěl 

“David put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A lonely and little-known hilltop fortress in northern Galilee offers archaeologists a unique opportunity to gaze into the origins of ancient Israel. First excavated in […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Known today as Tel Be’er Sheva, biblical Be’er Sheva sits in the northern Negev Desert, a few miles away from the modern city of the […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

The Philistines, who enter the biblical scene around 1200–1000 B.C.E., are often thought of as a powerful invading force that ruthlessly subjugated the nascent Judahite […]

By: Jennifer Drummond

Giants have long appeared in the tales and folklore of people throughout the world. Larger than life characters such as the Cyclops from the Odyssey […]