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David David slays Goliath Oil painting of King David leading a procession carrying the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, with musicians and figures in ancient Hebrew attire. Carlo Maratta: Bathsheba at the Bath Michelangelo: David Figure 156: David, bronze sculpture by Donatello, c. 1430-35. In the Bargello, Florence. Height 1.58 m. Donatello: David King Saul Plate 6: David before Saul, page from the Belleville Breviary, illuminated manuscript attributed to Jean Pucelle, c. 1325. In the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (MS lat. 10 483, fol 24v). 24 X 18 cm.
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David

king of Israel
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J. Coert Rylaarsdam
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Theology, University of Chicago. Emeritus Professor of Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee. Author of Revelation in Jewish Wisdom Literature.
J. Coert Rylaarsdam
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David (flourished c. 1000 bce) was the second ruler of the united kingdom of ancient Israel and Judah. He founded the Judaean dynasty and united all the tribes of Israel under a single monarch. His son Solomon expanded the empire that David built. David is an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The primary evidence for David’s career consists of several chapters in the books 1 and 2 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible (Old...

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