David
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to
Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of
death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because
thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father,
and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted....
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And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an
hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four
hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword....
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And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of
the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of
the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;...
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(Hebrew: דָּוִד, דָּוִיד, Modern David Tiberian Dāwîḏ ; beloved;
Arabic: دَاوُۥدَ, Dāwud; Greek: Δαβιδ) was the second king of
the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible.
He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without
fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet,
traditionally credited for composing many...
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I. Name and Genealogy.
This name, which is written "defectively" in the older
books, such as those of Samuel, but fully with the yodh in
Chronicles and the later books, is derived, like the similar
name Jedidish (2 Sam 12:25), from a root meaning "to love."
The only person who bears this name in the Bible is the son
of Jesse, the second king o...
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1. King of Israel
Genealogy of
Ru 4:18-22; 1Sa 16:11; 17:12; 1Ch 2:3-15; Mt 1:1-6;
Lu
3:31-38
A shepherd
1Sa 16:11
Kills a lion and a bear
1Sa 17:34-36
Anointed king, while a youth, by the prophet Samuel, and
inspired
1Sa 16:1,13; Ps 89:19-37
Chosen of God
Ps 78:70
Described to Saul
1Sa 16:18
Detailed as armor-bearer and musician at...
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(well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided
into three portions:
1. His youth before his introduction to the court of
Saul;
2. His relations with Saul;
3. His reign.
1. The early life of David contains in many
important respects the antecedents of his future career. It
appears that David was the youngest son, probably the
you...
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beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of
Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in
humble life.
His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she
was the Nahash
of 2 Sam. 17:25. As to his personal appearance, we
only know
that he was red-haired, with beautiful eyes and a
fair face (1
Sam. 16:12; 17:42).
His earl...
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("beloved".) His outer life is narrated in the histories of
Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles; his inner life is unfolded by
himself in the Psalms. The verbal coincidences in Psalms and
the allusions incidentally to facts which the histories detail
are evidently undesigned, and therefore confirm the
genuineness of both. The youngest of the eight s...
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