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To: 2sheep
> King David ... founded the city of Jerusalem,

Yes, but David was not a Jew. This may help:

Partial list of Biblical Characters
Most were Hebrews and Israelites but NONE were JEWS

Genesis:  God, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Lot, Abraham, Sara, Melchizedek, Eliezer, Hagar, Ishmael, Isaac, Abimelech, Rebekah, Laban, Keturah, Esau, Jacob/Israel, Leah, Rachel, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dinah, Potiphar, Tamar, Perez, Zerah, Manasseh, Ephraim.

Exodus:  Moses, Zipporah, Gershom, Jethro, Aaron, Eleazar, Joshua, Hur, Nadab, Abihu, Ithamar, Bezalel, Uri, Nun, Oholiab, Ahisamach.

Leviticus:  Mishael, Elzaphan, Uzziel, Molech, Shelomith, Dibri.

Others:  David, Solomon and Sampson were not Jews, among many others...

No Israelites were called "Jews" until well after the collapse of the original Davidic Kingdom of Israel and formation of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms in about 922 BC. Many scholars place the earliest date of actual word usage ~500 BC, following the return of the Southern Kingdom from Bablyon. Those ~50,000 Jews were Israelites, but only a tiny number of the Millions of Israelites were called Jews. While the numbers are relatively small, the distinction is a major one.

148 posted on 04/18/2002 6:58:46 PM PDT by LostTribe
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To: LostTribe
King David was from the Tribe of Judah. We get the word "Jew" from Judah.
150 posted on 04/18/2002 7:12:24 PM PDT by Prodigal Daughter
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