Her purported discovery carries particular resonance in Israel, where the story of David ... is elevated to king of Judah following the death of Saul at the close of the 11th century B.C ...

The northern half was called Israel and the southern Judah ... When Joash, son of Ahaziah King of Judah, was a baby, his grandmother Athaliah, a princess from the North, commanded the murder ...

On the Saturday before Easter, the doorbell rang. It was a quiet morning — the unexpected sound of our doorbell chimes ...