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Kathleen Kenyon

When did Jerusalem become the Capital of Israel?

According to Kathleen Kenyon's 1961-1967 archaeological excavations in Jebusite Jerusalem she concluded that "David's men did indeed capture the city in this way and they made it the capital of Israel about 1000 B.C."

 
Kathleen Kenyon, "Royal Cities of the Old Testament" (New York: Shocken, 1971) pp. 24-27