110–132 and 265–277. Because ancient Aramaic script does not contain vowels, different readings are possible. In the north, Saul’s son Ish-Bosheth becomes king of the tribes of Israel. [7] Bathsheba becomes pregnant. David’s life is very important to Jewish, Christian and Islamic culture. [45], With the death of Saul's son, the elders of Israel come to Hebron and David is anointed king over all of Israel. Phonetic Spelling: (daw-veed') Definition: perhaps "beloved one", a son of Jesse. of a Judean royal dynasty called the “House of David”. "[66] until Joab persuades him to recover from "the extravagance of his grief"[67] and to fulfill his duty to his people. David's son Absalom schemes to overthrow David. Goliath fell, and David killed him with his own sword and beheaded him; the Philistines fled in terror. God withdraws his favour from Saul, king of Israel: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. However, the second part can be read as 1) דּוֹד (dod), which means “uncle” or “beloved” or as 2) דָּוִד (David). Samuel anoints David, Dura Europos, Syria, Date: 3rd c. AD. [42] Jonathan and Saul are killed in battle,[43] and David is anointed king over Judah. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel", Steven McKenzie, Associate Professor Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, "New reading of the Mesha Stele inscription has major consequences for biblical history", High-tech study of ancient stone suggests new proof of King David's Dynasty, "A View from Copenhagen: Israel and the History of Palestine", Review of Baruch Halpern's "David's Secret Demons", "Kings or Chieftains? Study of King David, by Julia Margaret Cameron. [57][58] Finkelstein and Silberman feel the archaeological evidence from surface surveys indicates that Judah at the time of David was a small tribal kingdom, although both do accept that David and Solomon were likely historical figures in Judah about the 10th century BC. [10], David is described as cementing his relations with various political and national groups through marriage. 10,905,563 (1 out of 28) Americans are named David. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.”, The Israelites, under King Saul, faced the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. Miniature from the Paris Psalter: David in the robes of a Byzantine emperor. [5], David conquers the Jebusite fortress of Jerusalem, and makes it his capital, and “Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.” David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, intending to build a temple, but God, speaking to the prophet Nathan, forbids it, saying the temple must wait for a future generation. Since there is no mention in the Qur'an of the wrong David did to Uriah nor any reference to Bathsheba, Muslims reject this narrative. D avid as a boys' name is pronounced DAY-vid.It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of David is "beloved". 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel., (2 Samuel 12:12) and finally, that “the son born to you will die.”2 Samuel 12:14 David repents, yet God “struck the [David’s] child … and it became sick … [And] on the seventh day the child died.” David leaves his lamentations, dresses himself, goes to the House of the Lord and worships, and then returns home to eat. In European Christian culture of the Middle Ages, David was made a member of the Nine Worthies, a group of heroes encapsulating all the ideal qualities of chivalry. The late John Bright, whose History of Israel, which went through four editions from 1959 to 2000, takes Samuel at face value, but Donald B. Redford thinks all reconstructions from Biblical sources for the United Monarchy period are examples of ‘academic wishful thinking’,[62] and Thomas L. Thompson measures Samuel against the archaeological evidence and concludes that “an independent history of Judea during the Iron I [i.e., the period of David] and Iron II periods has little room for historicizing readings of the stories of I-II Samuel and I Kings.”[63] Some interesting studies of David have been written: Baruch Halpern has pictured David as a lifelong vassal of Achish, the Philistine king of Gath;[64] Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman have identified as the oldest and most reliable section of Samuel those chapters which describe David as the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws who captures Jerusalem and makes it his capital.