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To crush them. >> prophet david does win against the goliath. it's not only about him but the underprivileged, the underdog. the weak is rendered victorious ultimately. >> reporter: according to the bible, david's triumph continued. he recaptured the ark of the covenant from the philistines. it had held the ten commandments. and he brought together the warring tribes of the 12 sons of jacob to form a nation. even today the flag of modern israel, founded 3,000 years after his reign, bears the symbol known as the star of david. and jerusalem is the place he chose as his capital, making it not on...

Ark of the covenant. >> the 10th century b.c. is the last time anybody actually really sees it according to the biblical tradition. now, there are other stories. and these all are related to the babylonian destruction of the city in 536 b.c., that maybe somebody spirited the ark out of the city just ahead of the destruction. >> reporter: many believe these underground tunnels were used to secretly transport the ark out of jerusalem when the city was under siege. and when the babylonian invaders took detailed inventory of the treasures they plundered, something was missing. >> the babylonians t...

Their sacred building on the same spot, on the same hill. >> reporter: even though evidence of the temple or the man himself hasn't been found, most scholars believe there was a solomon. >> but not the larger than life solomon in the hebrew bible did not exist. he did not rule a vast kingdom. he did not build a huge capital city in jerusalem. he was not a nationally or internationally known figure. >> reporter: even though the wisdom of solomon is legendary, it turns out like his father he had flaws too. >> his government is inflated. he runs it according to corve, according with forced labor....

Search of it. one famous story suggests the ark was taken from jerusalem to egypt, hundreds of years before the babylonian siege began. >> that's where indiana jones goes and looks for it. we're told that sheshaq of the bible, an egyptian pharaoh, that he may have attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon. >> yes. around about 980 b.c. >> and there is one theory that he took away the ark of the covenant. this is where we get the indiana jones theory. >> he may have taken the ark back to the city of tanis. >> reporter: archaeologists find the evidence of that underwhelming and believe t...