King David

King Saul, was first king of Israel he was killed in a battle against the Philistines, and then David was chosen as his successor. One of David's first acts as king was the conquest of the city Jerusalem. He named it the "City of David" and declared it the capital of his kingdom. The choice of Jerusalem despite its various shortcomings which should have made it a horrible decision and most likely led to the city being attacked were its - remoteness from trade routes, chronic water shortage, unsuitable strategic location - was apparently dictated by a geopolitical constraint. The city is situated at the center of the three territorial blocs that were controlled by the twelve tribes of Israel, and it borders the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin - to which King Saul had been apart of - and on that of Judah, King David's tribe.
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In the year 701 BCE, during the reign of King Hezekiah, Jerusalem was delivered from a siege laid by King Sennacherib of Assyria, an episode in which moral support by the prophet Isaiah was crucial. Hezekiah expanded the city and initiated major building projects, and under him the city reached the zenith of its development in the First Temple period. So I just gave you the Whole history of King David, but why is this important has to relate with Jerusalem? Well Jerusalem wouldn't be a big city nor a capital by any stretch of the imagination if it weren't for King David, we most likely would be having a completely different essay to write about. With some other City and we (most likely ) wouldn't even recognize the History that has shaped us as who we are for the last couple thousand years or