 Eventually the Israelites ask for a king, and Yahweh gives them Saul.David, the youngest (divinely favored) son of Jesse of Bethlehem would succeed Saul.Under David the Israelites establish the united monarchy, and under David's son Solomon they construct the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, using the 400-year-old materials of the Mishkan, where Yahweh continues to tabernacle himself among them.