Nir David was founded on the 10 December 1936, under the name of
Tel Amal. It was established as the first
tower and stockade settlement and the first kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley. In the 1940s, the kibbutz was renamed Nir David in honor of
David Wolffsohn, second president of the
World Zionist Organization (WZO). The communal dining room and two children's homes were designed by
Zeev Rechter, architect of some of Israel's most iconic buildings. A group of
Holocaust survivors joined the kibbutz in the 1940s. In 2021, the kibbutz claimed that 40% of its population was
Mizrahi. File:מגדל שמירה בניר דוד בעמק בית שאן-JNF034490.jpeg|Nir David 1936 File:היבול בשנה הראשונה בניר-דוד-JNF004552.jpeg|Nir David 1937 File:ניר דוד - טוחנים את התבואה לפי שעה באופן פרימיטיבי-JNF029128.jpeg|Nir David 1937 File:ניר דוד - היבול הראשון-JNF029125.jpeg|Nir David 1938 File:ניר דוד - פרופסור חיים ויצמן-JNF010724.jpeg|Nir David visit by
Chaim Weizmann 1944 File:ניר דוד - מראה כללי-JNF034822.jpeg|Nir David permanent houses 1945 File:AN AERIAL VIEW OF KIBBUTZ TEL AMAL IN THE BEIT SHEAN VALLEY. צילום אוויר של קיבוץ תל עמל (ניר דוד) בעמק בית שאן.D828-018.jpg|Nir David, 1946 File:Tel Amal.jpg|Members of
Yiftach Brigade, "C" Company, at Tel Amal, 1948 ==Economy==