David
David (; |Dāwīḏ}}, "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; ; ; , ''Dawit''; , ''Dawitʿ''; , ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one".}} was a Jewish monarch of ancient Israel and the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged, and there is little detail about David that is concrete and undisputed. Debates persist over the exact timeframe of David's reign and the geographical boundaries of his kingdom, whether the text is a Homer-like heroic tale, whether David was a tyrant and the story serves as a political defense against accusations of murder and regicide, the homoerotic relationship between David and Jonathan and its Ancient Near East parallels, and whether elements of the text date as late as the Hasmonean period.
In the biblical narrative of the Books of Samuel, David is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame and becomes a hero by killing Goliath. He becomes a favorite of Saul, the first king of Israel, but is forced to go into hiding when Saul suspects that David is trying to take his throne. After Saul and his son Jonathan are killed in battle, David is anointed king by the tribe of Judah and eventually all the tribes of Israel. He conquers Jerusalem, makes it the capital of a united Israel, and brings the Ark of the Covenant to the city. He commits adultery with Bathsheba and arranges the death of her husband, Uriah the Hittite. David's son Absalom later tries to overthrow him, but David returns to Jerusalem after Absalom's death to continue his reign. David desires to build a temple to Yahweh, but he is denied because of the bloodshed in his reign. He dies at age 70 and chooses Solomon, his son with Bathsheba, as his successor instead of his eldest son Adonijah. David is honored as an ideal king and the forefather of the future Hebrew Messiah in Jewish prophetic literature and many psalms are attributed to him.
David is also richly represented in post-biblical Jewish written and oral tradition and referenced in the New Testament. Early Christians interpreted the life of Jesus of Nazareth in light of references to the Hebrew Messiah and to David; Jesus is described as being directly descended from David in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. In the Quran and hadith, David is described as an Israelite king as well as a prophet of Allah. The biblical David has inspired many interpretations in art and literature over the centuries. Provided by Wikipedia
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Innovation and nanotechnology converging technologies and the end of intellectual property / by Koepsell, David R. (David Richard)
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The flower of paradise Marian devotion and secular song in medieval and renaissance music / by Rothenberg, David J. (David Joseph)
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Sing without shame oral traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole verse : with transcription and analysis of a nineteenth-century manuscript of Ceylon Portuguese / by Jackson, K. David (Kenneth David)
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Innovative intelligence the art and practice of leading sustainable innovation in your organization / by Weiss, David S. (David Solomon), 1953-
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The international Jewish Labor Bund after 1945 toward a global history / by Slucki, David S. (David Simon), 1984-
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Antitrust and the Supreme Court by Ramsey, David (David Paul), 1979-
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The faiths of the postwar presidents from Truman to Obama / by Holmes, David L. (David Lynn)
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Research methods in social work / by Royse, David D. (David Daniel)
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The million dollar private practice using your expertise to build a practice that makes a difference / by Steele, David (David A.), 1957-
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The scramble for citizens dual nationality and state competition for immigrants / by Cook-Martín, David (David A.)
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Saints alive word, image, and enactment in the lives of the saints / by Williams, David (David Eliot), 1939-
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Biosynthesis in insects by Morgan, E. David (Eric David)
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The church & the land the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American society, 1923-2007 / by Bovée, David S. (David Steven), 1952-
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In township tonight! : South Africa's Black city music and theatre / by Coplan, David B. (David Bellin)
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Seeing faith, printing pictures religious identity during the English Reformation / by Davis, David J. (David Jonathan)
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John F. Kennedy the new frontier president / by Snead, David L. (David Lindsey)
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Field guide to internal medicine / by Smith, David S. (David Scott), 1954-
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The big leagues go to Washington : Congress and sports antitrust, 1951-1989 / by Surdam, David G. (David George)
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Wesleyan University, 1910-1970 : academic ambition and middle-class America / by Potts, David B. (David Bronson)
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Who owns you? : science, innovation, and the gene patent wars / by Koepsell, David R. (David Richard)
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