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Despite the hard work of biblical scholars, historians and archaeologists, no single piece of evidence has been found to support the period of the supposed United Monarchy of David and Solomon. Scholars have been confused by the biblical chronology, which present David and Solomon as having belonged to the period following both the Exodus and the settlement in the“Promised Land”…Many of these biblical events occurred four to five centuries earlier than what the Old Testament would have us believe. Both Tuthmoses III, the historical King David, and his great -grandson Amenhotep III, the Biblical Solomon, belonged to the Egyptian’s Eighteenth Dynasty.

— Ahmed Osman; Moses and Akhenaton (quoted by Michael Tsarion) view

Nevertheless, when researcher Ahmed Osman declares he has proven the Old Testament character known as "King David" to be none other than the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Tuthmosis III; and a succeeding pharaoh, Amenhotep III, to be the “Jewish” King Solomon, one would think the revelations should not only raise the proverbial eye-brow but should cause worldwide discussion. When author Laurence Gardner states that the prophet Enoch was a character based on the Sumerian Enki; and when Tony Bushby declares Roman Emperor Tiberius to be the true father of Jesus, we should take notice. And when revisionist author Moustafa Gadalla labors to prove that Jesus Christ was a character based on Pharaoh Tutankhamen, the world should surely grind to a halt to listen.

— Michael Tsarion; The Irish Origins of Civilization, Volume 2 view

The point that requires stressing concerns the connection between the Jewish "House of David" (or Judah, or Yahud) and the Egyptian House of the Pharaohs.

— Michael Tsarion; The Irish Origins of Civilization, Volume 2 view

Jewish author and historian Hyam Maccoby states that the term Messiah referred to the seed and house of David.

— Michael Tsarion; The Irish Origins of Civilization, Volume 2 view

…many personalities are alluded to in the Biblical texts by their predominant ‘redness’…King David was, for absolutely no apparent reason, said to be red

— Ralph Ellis; Solomon: Falcon of Sheba (quoted by Michael Tsarion) view

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

— 1 Samuel 17:42; Bible (King James Version) view

[...] we may now say with confidence that David - 'Tadua' - became the first to unite the tribes of Israel in one kingdom when he became king of Jerusalem in 1004 BC, which is to say in the reign of Tutenkamun.

— Mark Booth; The Secret History of the World view