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962 BC| 1000 BC–961 BC | Palestine [administration] | The reign of David, King of Israel and Judah, faces internal dissent. The chief events of his reign (to which exact dates cannot be given) are: David brings the Ark of the Covenant to his new city, Jerusalem. He becomes prosperous and subdues his enemies, including the Edomites, whom he all but exterminates. During the Ammonite War, David has Uriah the Hittite ‘put in the forefront of the battle’ so that he can take Uriah's wife Bathsheba for his own. She bears David two children, of whom the second is the future king Solomon. David's favourite son, Absalom, murders his half-brother for the incestuous rape of his sister and flees the court. He is forgiven by David, but then revolts against him. David in turn has to flee Jerusalem. Absalom is defeated, slain, and ultimately lamented. Further revolts and wars accompanied by pestilence bring David's reign to a close. | | c. 962 BC | Israel [births and deaths] | David, second king of Israel, who established Israel as a united kingdom, and features prominently in the holy texts of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions, dies (c. 70). |
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