David  

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"And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead .. . David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword ...and slew him..."--Doré's Bible

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David (c. 1040–970 BC) was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary. 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 of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.

David's life is very important to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic culture. In Judaism, David, or David HaMelekh, is the King of Israel, and the Jewish people. A direct descendant of David will be the Messiah. In Islam, he is known as Dawud, considered to be a prophet and the king of a nation.

He is famously portrayed by Michelangelo David (1504).

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