DAVID

(Hebrew, ‘Beloved’), king whose career is recounted in of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. Books of Samuel are earliest in date, are themselves evidently compiled earlier and often incompatible Chronicles, much later, remodels to suit in accordance with the ideals of a later age. D. was s. of of Bethlehem in Judah; kept his sheep and practiced music until to cure the madne of King Saul means of his harp; became a_ favorite and formed the cla ical Pique, ship with king’s s., Jonathan. The Sykes, growing jealousy of Saul resulted in D.’s in exile, and his final refuge in the cave of Fedora Adullam with kinsmen and partisans; H here he was visited by Jonathan. From Adullam D. led attacks on Philistines; Mcon Saul’s being slain by an A male kite, D. persuaded the inhabitants of Judah in to accept as king. Jersusalem, Joan captured from Jebusites was fortified as said ‘City of D.,’ and received ‘Ark of Her Covenant,’ for the shelter of which a the tent was pitched, the building of temple on being reserved by command of prophet Nathan for Solomon; census of people A MERI was taken, an act punished by plague; D.’s defeat of Ammonites and Moabites secured his country from external war CALVIN fare. Retribution to house of Saul for 6. slaughter of Gideonites was carried out had a by Jehovah’s command. Further events and of D.’s reign were his sin in the abducselftion of Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite; murder of his s. Amnon by his half1895, bro., D.’s s. Absalom; revolt of Absalom R. and Ahithophel, which drove D.from Jeruin salem (he was reinstated by Gileadites). Mark Modern critics disallow his claim to be compiler of the Book of Psalms; many him of psalms were written by him but some the later than his epoch. His reign marks the culmination of Jewish national pros of perity; most famous king of Israel, of unifier of nation and founder of capital; prophets foretold birth of Me iah from AmeriD.’s line. Bible account is of great s. of hist. and literary importance. Randall DAVID I. (1084-1153), king of Scots; Cornell s. of Malcolm Can more and ‘St.’ Mar the garet; introduced Norman feudalism studied into Scotland. Robert