The only point I made is that the descendants of David and all the Jews, Samaritans, Pagans etc. that lived in Palestine converted to Christianity after 380 AD, because it was the law of the Roman Empire. And, subsequently most of these Christians converted to Islam. So, the Muslims and Christians of Palestine are descendants of these former Jews, Samaritans, Pagans etc.
Archeologists do not agree on whether or not some guy named David ruled Judah. He may have.
The Old Testament is not a very reliable source for historical evidence. When did I say David or Arthur did not exist? A myth does not de facto mean that the myth does not have some basis in history. By the way, archeologists and historians disagree with respect to the existence of David, or Arthur.
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It should be noted that "David" is the name of an old Cannaanite god, which is likely the reason there would be an inscription with his name on it. In 1975 at Ebla, Syria, there were found 20,000 clay tablets, 4500 years old, a thousand years before the biblical David and Solomon supposedly lived. These tablets contain the names of various apparent Canaanite gods, such as "Ab-ra-mu (Abraham), E-sa-um (Esau), Ish-ma-ilu (Ishmael), even Is-ra-ilu (Israel), and from later periods names like Da-'u'dum (David) and Sa-'u-lum (Saul)."
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