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Who Was King David?

David was the second king of Israel, succeeding Saul. He came from the tribe of Judah and was first known as a shepherd. God chose and anointed him through the prophet Samuel as Israel’s future king—called nagid, meaning a ruler or king-in-waiting.

David is presented in Scripture as an ideal earthly leader for God’s people, not because he was without sin, but because he was called to serve and shepherd Israel under God’s authority. His life also included serious failures and tragic consequences.

David desired to build a Temple for the Lord, but God did not permit him to do so. Nevertheless, David’s reign became foundational in Israel’s history, and Jerusalem became associated with his kingship. He was also an ancestor of the Messiah according to the biblical promise concerning David’s royal line.

  • Judges - Lesson 2 Ch1

    In fact it appears that by the time of King David (around 300-400 years after Joshua Thus when King David asked Yehoveh if he could build a Temple to the Lord (and his Man’s definition of a king is as privileged royalty who is served by his subjects God’s definition of a king is as […]

  • 1 Samuel - Lesson 1 Intro

    of 4 books that refers to King David (at least from about the time of his coronation Saul, and King David as written by a number of historians; and then those records However the books of Samuel end with King David; it is left to other records to take king); but on the other hand […]

  • 1 Samuel - Lesson 30 Ch17 Ch18

    Because the Lord has anointed David as the new king ( nagid , actually, king-in-waiting as Israel’s next king (David didn’t know what the anointing by Samuel was really So finally the King summons David and asks, “Whose son are you?” Here’s the key: Saul doesn’t ask David who HE is. Recall that it was […]

  • 1 Samuel - Lesson 38 Ch23 Ch24

    the Lord who prevented him from finding David. God’s intent was for David to be Israel’s king. Saul, the anti-king, being handed over to David, the righteous king in such an unexpected God hadn’t told David he was to be the king; other men had said it to him. In fact, just as King Saul’s […]

  • 2 Kings - Lesson 22 Ch15

    And we are told that he had a God-fearing advisor named Zechariah whom the king used RE-READ 2 ND KINGS 15: 11 -18 So as of now, Shallum of Yavesh is King of As we just read in 2 nd Kings 15, Menachem had […]

  • 2 Samuel - Lesson 9 Ch6 Ch7

    And since the passage seems to imply that it was David who presided over the sacrifice So it was probably not David himself who actually performed the sacrifice, but rather Notice: not the WIFE of a king (David), but the DAUGHTER of a king (Saul). And this compares to David’s attitude, who as Israel’s king […]

  • 1 Kings - Lesson 22 Ch12

    , Rechov’am and Yerov’am , who were a vast departure from David and Shlomo . It was the law that when a son succeeded his father as king that no kind of ceremonial (which is the kind of king that God says is required of all Israelite kings), and David. But […]

  • 2 Kings - Lesson 24 Ch16

    King David was the first of the Israelites to conquer Edom, and Judah held on to So Edom had been a ping-pong ball, bouncing back and forth between 2 nations who versus a human king. Yet, his infamy denied him burial near King David. 2 nd Chronicles 28 tells us: King Achaz […]

  • 2 Samuel - Lesson 19 Ch12

    God gave spiritual grace to David (forgave him) and so David will not suffer the And the kind of death it doesn’t include is of the same kind as David avoided: death In other words, this is the son who God has chosen as the next anointed King of Israel So wisely, Yo’av […]

  • 2 Samuel - Lesson 32 Ch21

    Whatever follows is devised between a King who seems to have precious little knowledge This is why in verse 4 (as these Gibeonites stand before David) they say that they Verse 8 makes it clear that the King himself decided who would be turned over to Recall that this entire unsavory episode began as an […]