I recently began watching the House of David on Prime, and before every episode there is a note that some creative liberties were taken for dramatic purposes… is the wealth and royal aspect shown by Saul’s tribe realistic, or is that perhaps one of the more artistic deviations the showrunners took?
I’m admittedly not very knowledgeable about ancient Israel, but I was always under the impression that they were somewhat nomadic and not exactly wealthy in the way that they are depicted in the show.
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