David
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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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45by Crepp, Justin R., Crass, Jonathan, King, David, Bechter, Andrew, Bechter, Eric, Ketterer, Ryan, Reynolds, Robert, Hinz, Philip, Kopon, Derek, Cavalieri, David, Fantano, Louis, Koca, Corina, Onuma, Eleanya, Stapelfeldt, Karl, Thomes, Joseph, Wall, Sheila, Macenka, Steven, McGuire, James, Korniski, Ronald, Zugby, Leonard, Eisner, Joshua, Gaudi, B S., Hearty, Fred, Kratter, Kaitlin, Kuchner, Marc, Micela, Giusi, Nelson, Matthew, Pagano, Isabella, Quirrenbach, Andreas, Schwab, Christian, Skrutskie, Michael, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Woodward, Charles, Zhao, BoGet full text
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46by Mohamed Ahmed, Vaishnavi Govind, Darica Au, Kokila Lakhoo, Noel Peter, Maryam Khan, Marta de Andres Crespo, Alexandra Valetopoulou, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Elliott H Taylor, Somy Charuvila, Anna Casey, Muhammed Elhadi, Shaun Wilson, Poorvaprabha Patil, Mahan Salehi, Simone Abib, Hafeez Abdelhafeez, Max Pachl, Benjamin Martin, Sonal Nagras, Mihir Sheth, Catherine Dominic, Suraj Gandhi, Divya Parwani, Rhea Raj, Diella Munezero, Rohini Dutta, Nsimire Mulanga Roseline, Kellie McClafferty, Armin Nazari, Smrithi Sriram, Sai Pillarisetti, King-David Nweze, Aishwarya Ashwinee, Gul Kalra, Priyansh Nathani, Khushman Kaur Bhullar, Nehal Rahim, Shweta Madhusudanan, Joshua Erhabor, Manasi Shirke, Aishah Mughal, Sravani Royyuru, Syeda Namayah Fatima Hussain, Daniel Robinson, Mehdi Khan, Alexandre Dukundane, Kwizera Festus, Rohan Pancharatnam, Lorraine Ochieng, Hritik NautiyalGet full text
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52by Richards, Merton T.(Merton Taylor),1939-Other Authors: “...King, David A....”
Published 1980
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60by Richards, Merton T.(Merton Taylor),1939-Other Authors: “...King, David A....”
Published 1974
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