No. According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Saul was the first king of Israel.
King David is in the old testament.
AnswerAhab was the king of Israel who married Queen Jezebel.
According to the Bible, at 1 Kings 16:31, Jezebel was married to a king of the nation of Israel named Ahab who reigned in the tenth century BC.
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One Hebrew prophet, seer, and judge in the Old Testament is Samuel. He is known for anointing Saul as the first king of Israel and later anointing David as his successor. Samuel played a pivotal role in guiding and leading the people of Israel during his time.
I believe the first kings mentioned in the Bible were Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar. (I might be wrong.) Edit: Genesis 10:10, the first kingdom was that of Nimrod a great hunter, a black man *descendant of cush.
Israel wanted a king , and asked the prophet and judge Samuel to find one for them. So Saul was chosen , against the wishes of Samuel. They wanted a king mainly as the people living near them had kings.
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The first king chosen and who ruled over a united Isa real in the old testament is king Saul, their first ever king. David followed and his son the famous king Solomon followed him . It was after Solomon that the kunited kingdom did break up.
AnswerThe first people we really know about, in what is now Israel, were the West Semitic people known in the Old Testament as Canaanites.
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