Extra-Biblical source confirms existence of King David (Video) The 8th Century BC Tel Dan inscription, discovered in Israel in 1993, includes the phrases "melekh yisra'eyl" (King of Israel) and "beyt daviyd" (House of David).
A History of the Masoretic Hebrew Texts (Video) Around the 10th Century AD, a group of Jewish scribes called Masorites, created a system of dots and dashes, called nikkudot or vowel pointings.