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Who really built 'greater Israel'?
Credit for consolidating Israel into a large territorial state goes not to Saul or David but to a dynasty that came to power more than a century later: the Omrides.
The Bible's chronology isn't history's.
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David likely built a strong, enduring kingdom in Judah, but probably never ruled a united North and South from Jerusalem.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 58
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