person
David
דָּוִדΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, Δαβίδ

- verses
- 964
- first named
- Ruth 4:17
- last named
- Revelation 22:16
- period
- United Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was David?
David, the son of Jesse from Bethlehem, was a prominent figure in the Old Testament and is mentioned extensively throughout the Bible. He was anointed by Samuel to be king over Israel, succeeding Saul (1Sa.16.13). David first gained fame as a young man by defeating the Philistine giant Goliath with a sling and a stone (1Samuel 17).
David's reign as king was marked by military successes, as he defeated the enemies of Israel and expanded the kingdom (2Samuel 8). He is known for his devotion to God and is called "a man after God's own heart" (1Sa.13.14; Act.13.22). Many of the psalms in the Bible are attributed to David, reflecting his deep faith and trust in God (e.g., Psalms 3, 23, 51).
However, David's life was not without flaws. He committed adultery with Bathsheba and orchestrated the death of her husband, Uriah (2Samuel 11). As a result, David faced consequences, including the death of his child and turmoil within his family (2Samuel 12-18).
Despite his failings, David remained a central figure in Israel's history and a model of repentance and faith. He was promised an enduring dynasty, and the Messiah would come from his lineage (2Sa.7.12-16). This prophecy was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is called the "Son of David" (Mat.1.1; Rom.1.3).
David's life and reign are recorded in 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, and portions of 1 Kings. His significance extends into the New Testament, where he is mentioned in connection with Jesus' lineage and messianic identity (Mat.1.1; Luk.1.32; Act.13.22-23; Rev.22.16).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 63 are drawn. All 63 are listed below.
Ancestor of
Associated with
Child of
- JesseregistryRuth 4:17Ruth 4:22Matthew 1:6 +11
- Nahashregistry, no verse
Descendant of
Father of
- Absalomregistry2 Samuel 13:11 Chronicles 3:21 Chronicles 3:4 +1
- Adonijahregistry1 Kings 1:51 Chronicles 3:21 Chronicles 3:4
- Amnonregistry2 Samuel 3:22 Samuel 13:11 Chronicles 3:1 +1
- Chileabregistry1 Chronicles 3:11 Chronicles 3:4
- Eliadaregistry1 Chronicles 3:8
- Elipheletregistry1 Chronicles 3:8
- Elishamaregistry1 Chronicles 3:8
- Elishuaregistry1 Chronicles 3:6
- Elpeletregistry1 Chronicles 3:6
- Ibharregistry1 Chronicles 3:6
- Ithreamregistry1 Chronicles 3:31 Chronicles 3:4
- Japhiaregistry1 Chronicles 3:7
- Jerimothregistry2 Chronicles 11:18
- NathanregistryLuke 3:311 Chronicles 3:5
- Nephegregistry1 Chronicles 3:7
- Nogahregistry1 Chronicles 3:7
- Shammuaregistry1 Chronicles 3:5
- Shephatiahregistry1 Chronicles 3:31 Chronicles 3:4
- Shobabregistry1 Chronicles 3:5
- Solomonregistry1 Kings 2:11 Kings 2:121 Kings 2:32 +29
- Tamarregistry, no verse
- Ahaz2 Kings 16:22 Chronicles 28:1
- Amaziah2 Kings 14:3
- Asa1 Kings 15:111 Kings 15:24
- Hezekiah2 Kings 18:32 Chronicles 29:2
- Jehoshaphat2 Chronicles 17:3
- Josiah2 Kings 22:22 Chronicles 34:22 Chronicles 34:3
Located in
Partner of
- Abigailregistry1 Samuel 25:421 Samuel 25:432 Samuel 2:2 +2
- Abitalregistry, no verse
- Ahinoamregistry1 Samuel 25:432 Samuel 2:21 Samuel 27:3 +1
- Bathshebaregistry2 Samuel 11:27
- Eglahregistry1 Chronicles 3:32 Samuel 3:5
- Haggithregistry, no verse
- Jerusalem wivesregistry, no verse
- Maacahregistry, no verse
- Michalregistry1 Samuel 19:111 Samuel 25:442 Samuel 3:14
Sibling of
- Abigailregistrywhich bearer is the source’s decision1 Chronicles 2:16
- Abinadabregistry, no verse
- Eliabregistry1 Samuel 17:28
- Elihuregistry1 Chronicles 27:18
- Nethanelregistry, no verse
- Ozemregistry, no verse
- Raddairegistry, no verse
- Shimeahregistry2 Samuel 13:32 Samuel 13:322 Samuel 21:21 +1
- Zeruiahregistry1 Chronicles 2:16
- Elders Of Judah2 Samuel 19:12
- Jonathan2 Samuel 1:26
Stands in the same events as
- LORD218 events
- Saul105 events
- Israel58 events
- Philistia49 events
- Jerusalem37 events
- Jonathan35 events
- Solomon29 events
- Joab23 events
- Abner21 events
- Achish19 events
- Hebron18 events
- Bathsheba16 events
and 394 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where David is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
964 verses across 28 of 66 books; 38 write the name nowhere. Named in Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (232), 2 Samuel (225), 1 Kings (74), 2 Kings (18), 1 Chronicles (157), 2 Chronicles (66), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (7), Psalms (86), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (15), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (1), Amos (2), Zechariah (5), Matthew (15), Mark (7), Luke (12), John (1), Acts (10), Romans (3), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (2) and Revelation (3).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 964, across 28 books. The name is written 1,134 times in them.
Ruth2 verses
1 Samuel232 verses
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2 Samuel225 verses
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1 Kings74 verses
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2 Kings18 verses
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1 Chronicles157 verses
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2 Chronicles66 verses
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Ezra3 verses
Nehemiah7 verses
Psalms86 verses
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Proverbs1 verse
Ecclesiastes1 verse
Song of Songs1 verse
Isaiah10 verses
Jeremiah15 verses
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Ezekiel4 verses
Hosea1 verse
Amos2 verses
Zechariah5 verses
Matthew15 verses
1:11:61:171:209:2712:312:2315:2220:3020:3121:921:1522:4222:4322:45
Mark7 verses
Luke12 verses
John1 verse
Acts10 verses
Romans3 verses
2 Timothy1 verse
Hebrews2 verses
Revelation3 verses
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 1 Samuel 16David was fetched from the sheep, anointed before his brothers, and brought to Saul to play the harp.
- 1 Samuel 17David carries provisions to the army, challenges Goliath, strikes him with a slingstone, cuts off his head, and answers Saul’s question about his father.
- 1 Samuel 18David prospered wherever Saul sent him, eluded Saul’s spear twice, led troops to victory, and paid the proposed dowry with two hundred Philistine foreskins.
- 1 Samuel 19David escapes Saul’s spear, Michal’s house, and finally Saul’s messengers, while fighting the Philistines and reporting everything to Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 20David fled from Naioth, hid in the field, and departed when Jonathan’s arrows told him that Saul meant him harm.
- 1 Samuel 21David came to Nob for bread and a weapon, then fled to Gath and feigned madness by scratching on the gate doors and letting saliva run down his beard.
- 1 Samuel 22David gathered his family and four hundred troubled followers, sheltered his parents with the king of Moab, obeyed Gad, and received Abiathar after the priests were killed.
- 1 Samuel 23David attacked the Philistines, saved Keilah, escaped before Saul arrived, and kept moving whenever danger tightened around him.
168 more chapters, from 1 Samuel 24 to Revelation 5
- 1 Samuel 24David spared Saul in the cave, cut off only a corner of his robe, and then called after him to plead his innocence.
- 1 Samuel 25David went down to the Wilderness of Paran, sent men to Nabal, and was turned from bloodshed by Abigail.
- 1 Samuel 26David entered Saul’s sleeping camp, took the spear and water jug beside the king’s head, and challenged Saul from across a wide gulf.
- 1 Samuel 27David fled from Saul to Gath, secured Ziklag from Achish, and raided the surrounding peoples while giving Achish a different account of his attacks.
- 1 Samuel 28David answers Achish carefully enough to be taken to battle and is promised the remarkable office of bodyguard for life.
- 1 Samuel 29David marches behind the Philistines, protests his dismissal, and returns with his men to the land of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 30David pursued the Amalekite raiders, recovered every captive and all the plunder, and gave the exhausted their equal share.
- 2 Samuel 1David received the report of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths, judged the Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul, and raised a lament for them.
- 2 Samuel 2David goes to Hebron with his household, is anointed king over Judah, and sends thanks and blessing to the men who buried Saul.
- 2 Samuel 3David grows stronger, bargains for Michal, receives Abner at a feast, disowns Joab’s bloodshed, and mourns Abner publicly.
- 2 Samuel 4David hears the killers’ explanation, recalls Saul’s messenger, and commands the death of Rechab and Baanah.
- 2 Samuel 5David is anointed king over Israel, captures Jerusalem, builds up the City of David, and defeats the Philistines twice.
- 2 Samuel 6David gathered Israel for the ark, led its procession, danced before the LORD, distributed food, and answered Michal’s reproach.
- 2 Samuel 7David proposed a house for the ark, received a promise of a house for himself, and answered with prayer.
- 2 Samuel 8David defeated the Philistines, Moabites, Hadadezer, the Arameans, and the Edomites, gathered their treasure, and reigned over Israel with justice and righteousness.
- 2 Samuel 9David asked whether anyone remained from Saul’s house, summoned Mephibosheth, restored Saul’s land to him, and gave him a permanent place at the king’s table.
- 2 Samuel 10David sent servants to console Hanun, protected the humiliated men, and sent Joab against the armies raised by the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 11David remained in Jerusalem, summoned Bathsheba, tried to send Uriah home, and arranged for Uriah to die in battle.
- 2 Samuel 12David heard Nathan’s parable, confessed his sin, pleaded for the child, ate after the child’s death, and captured Rabbah.
- 2 Samuel 13David sent Tamar to Amnon, mourned at the false report of a royal massacre, and later longed for Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 14David listened to the woman from Tekoa, granted Joab’s request, withheld his face from Absalom, and at last kissed him.
- 2 Samuel 15David fled Jerusalem, urged Ittai to turn back, returned the ark, and sent Hushai into the city to thwart Ahithophel’s counsel.
- 2 Samuel 16David received Ziba’s provisions, endured Shimei’s curses, refused Abishai’s violence, and reached a place to refresh himself.
- 2 Samuel 17David crossed the Jordan by daybreak, reached Mahanaim, and received provisions for his people.
- 2 Samuel 18David reviewed his troops, stayed by the gate, ordered Absalom treated gently, and finally went up to weep.
- 2 Samuel 19David mourned Absalom, rebuked Joab’s warning, sat in the gate, summoned Judah, spared Shimei, judged between Mephibosheth and Ziba, and crossed the Jordan to reclaim his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 20David sent Amasa to summon Judah and ordered the pursuit of Sheba.
- 2 Samuel 21David sought the face of the LORD, spoke with the Gibeonites, spared one Mephibosheth, delivered seven descendants to them, gathered the bones, and fought the Philistines until exhaustion overtook him.
- 2 Samuel 22David sings of the LORD’s stormy rescue, his own cleanness, his bronze-bending arms, and the enemies he pursued until they fell.
- 2 Samuel 23David spoke his last words, longed for water from Bethlehem, and poured it out to the LORD when it arrived.
- 2 Samuel 24David orders a census, confesses his foolishness, chooses the plague, and buys Araunah’s threshing floor for an altar.
- 1 Kings 1David lies cold beneath blankets, hears the competing claims, and orders Solomon’s anointing.
- 1 Kings 2David charged Solomon to keep the LORD’s ways, settle old accounts, and show favor to the sons of Barzillai before he rested with his fathers.
- 1 Kings 8David desired to build a house for the Name of the LORD, and Solomon fulfilled that desire as his son.
- 1 Kings 11David was remembered as the servant for whose sake the kingdom and Jerusalem were not wholly taken away.
- 1 Kings 12David’s house became the point of Israel’s division when the people rejected Rehoboam’s rule.
- 1 Kings 15David is praised for doing what was right before the LORD, with the matter of Uriah named as the exception.
- 2 Kings 11David’s spears and shields, kept in the house of the LORD, were handed to the commanders for the guard around the king.
- 1 Chronicles 3David fathered sons in Hebron and Jerusalem, and the genealogy follows his line through the years of his reign.
- 1 Chronicles 11David is made king at Hebron, captures the fortress of Zion, builds up the city, leads the defence of a barley field, and pours out the water brought to him by the Three.
- 1 Chronicles 12David received fighters from Benjamin, Gad, Judah, and Manasseh, tested their peace, and made them leaders of his troops.
- 1 Chronicles 13David consults Israel, proposes bringing back the ark, leads the celebration, and then leaves the ark at Obed-edom’s house when fear overtakes him.
- 1 Chronicles 14David took more wives, fathered sons and daughters, asked God about the Philistines, and led his men in two victories.
- 1 Chronicles 15David prepared a tent for the ark, gathered Israel, ordered the procession, and danced as it entered the City of David.
- 1 Chronicles 16David pitched the tent for the ark, offered sacrifices, blessed Israel, distributed the feast, appointed the musicians, and returned home to bless his household.
- 1 Chronicles 17David settled into a palace, proposed a cedar house for the ark, and prayed before the LORD when a greater house was promised to him.
- 1 Chronicles 18David defeated the Philistines, Moabites, Hadadezer, the Arameans, and the Edomites, dedicated the spoil to the LORD, and reigned over Israel with justice and righteousness.
- 1 Chronicles 20David remained in Jerusalem, took the crown from the king of Rabbah, and returned with his troops after taking plunder from the city.
- 1 Chronicles 21David ordered a census, confessed his sin, chose the plague, and built an altar at Ornan’s threshing floor.
- 1 Chronicles 22David chose the site, gathered the workers, amassed the materials, instructed Solomon, and summoned Israel’s leaders.
- 1 Chronicles 23David installed Solomon as king, gathered Israel’s leaders, counted the Levites, divided them by family, and set out their duties.
- 1 Chronicles 24David divided the priests and stood present when the priestly and Levitical families cast lots.
- 1 Chronicles 26David dedicated things from his reign and appointed capable men over the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 27David arranged Israel’s divisions and officials, left the youngest men out of the census, and kept the royal property under appointed care.
- 1 Chronicles 28David summoned Israel’s leaders, explained why he would not build the house, and handed Solomon its detailed plans.
- 1 Chronicles 29David gathered abundant materials for the LORD’s house, gave from his personal treasure, blessed the LORD, and handed the kingship to Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 1David brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim and pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 2David had provided the craftsmen whom Solomon now named in his request to Hiram.
- 2 Chronicles 3David prepared the place on the threshing floor where the house of the LORD was built.
- 2 Chronicles 5David dedicated silver, gold, and furnishings for the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 6David desired to build a house for the Name of the LORD, but his son was chosen to build it instead.
- 2 Chronicles 7David made the musical instruments used for giving thanks and offered praise to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 8David’s ordinances governed the divisions of priests, Levites, and gatekeepers under Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 10David was named in Israel’s cry against the house of David.
- 2 Chronicles 23David's spears and shields were kept in the house of God and brought out for the commanders.
- 2 Chronicles 35David’s written instructions helped set the families, divisions, singers, and gatekeepers in order.
- Ezra 3David prescribed the arrangement by which the priests and the sons of Asaph praised the LORD.
- Psalms 3David cries to the LORD while fleeing from Absalom, sleeps despite the myriads around him, and asks for his enemies' teeth to be broken.
- Psalms 4David calls on God in distress, rebukes vanity and lies, urges stillness and trust, and finds joy and sleep in the LORD’s safety.
- Psalms 5David brings his groaning before God at daybreak, asks for a straight way among enemies, and waits in expectation.
- Psalms 6David pleads for mercy through a night of tears, then sends the workers of iniquity away when he is sure the LORD has heard him.
- Psalms 7David sang to the LORD about Cush's words, sought refuge from his pursuers, and submitted his conduct to judgment.
- Psalms 8David is named as the psalm's author, while the psalm lifts its gaze from infants and enemies to the heavens and the creatures beneath them.
- Psalms 9David sings of wonders, gives thanks, asks for mercy, and calls for the nations to be judged.
- Psalms 11David is named over a psalm in which the speaker takes refuge in the LORD and refuses the counsel to flee.
- Psalms 12David is named as the psalm’s author and pleads for help amid vanished faithfulness and boastful speech.
- Psalms 13David cries out in distress, asks the LORD for light, then trusts, rejoices, and promises to sing.
- Psalms 14David is named as the singer of a psalm that surveys the corruption of the sons of men and longs for Israel’s restoration.
- Psalms 15David is named in the heading of this psalm.
- Psalms 16David takes refuge in God, rejects other gods, delights in the LORD as his portion, and rejoices in the path of life.
- Psalms 17David pleaded for a righteous hearing, described his tested conduct, sought refuge from his enemies, and looked to behold the LORD’s face.
- Psalms 18David sang to the LORD after being delivered from all his enemies and from Saul, describing the rescue, the battle, and the praise that followed.
- Psalms 19David sings of the heavens, the LORD’s instruction, his hidden faults, and the words of his mouth and heart.
- Psalms 20David is named over a prayer for a king in trouble, surrounded by petitions, banners, horses, and the LORD's saving hand.
- Psalms 21David is named as the psalm’s king, who rejoices, asks for life, trusts in the LORD, and is crowned with pure gold.
- Psalms 22David gives his name to the psalm whose lonely cry becomes praise in the great assembly.
- Psalms 23David's name stands over a psalm in which the LORD shepherds, guides, feeds, and shelters the singer.
- Psalms 24David is named as the psalm’s author.
- Psalms 25David lifts his soul, confesses his great iniquity, waits for the LORD, and asks to be freed from the mesh and his distress.
- Psalms 26David asks the LORD to test him, refuses deceitful company, approaches the altar with thanksgiving, and blesses the LORD among the congregations.
- Psalms 27David faces enemies, seeks the LORD’s presence, asks for guidance and protection, and waits for the LORD’s goodness.
- Psalms 28David calls to the LORD, lifts his hands toward the holy sanctuary, rejects the company of the wicked, rejoices when his cry is heard, and asks that the LORD save and shepherd His people.
- Psalms 30David exalted the LORD, cried for help, begged for mercy, and promised to give thanks forever.
- Psalms 31David seeks refuge from enemies, slander, and pursuit, commits his spirit to the LORD, and speaks of a city under siege.
- Psalms 32David keeps silent beneath his guilt, then acknowledges his sin and finds the guilt forgiven.
- Psalms 34David turns an unexplained royal expulsion into praise, teaches the children the fear of the LORD, and sings of deliverance down to the last bone.
- Psalms 35David asks the LORD to fight his opponents, remembers the good he did them, and promises praise if he is vindicated.
- Psalms 37David contrasts the brief flourishing of the wicked with the lasting inheritance and refuge of the righteous.
- Psalms 38David endures bodily pain, social abandonment, hostile plotting, and his own confessed sin, then waits for the LORD and calls for help.
- Psalms 39David guards his mouth, breaks his silence, measures the brevity of life, and cries out for mercy before he is no more.
- Psalms 40David waits for the LORD, is lifted from the pit, proclaims righteousness, and cries out as evils and sins surround him.
- Psalms 41David lies sick, hears the whispers around him, recalls the friend who shared his bread, and asks the LORD to raise him up.
- Psalms 51David asks for mercy, cleansing, a clean heart, and opened lips after Nathan comes to him concerning Bathsheba.
- Psalms 52David condemns the deceitful man, compares himself to an olive tree flourishing in God's house, and promises praise.
- Psalms 54David asks God to save him, names his enemies, promises sacrifice and praise, and declares that God has delivered him.
- Psalms 55David cries out to God morning, noon, and night, asks to be carried away from the violence, and ends by trusting in Him.
- Psalms 56David is hounded, watched, frightened, trusting, vow-bound, and finally walking before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 57David flees from Saul into a cave, cries out to God, and turns danger into song.
- Psalms 58David asks whether rulers speak justly, accuses them of devising injustice, and calls on God to shatter the wicked.
- Psalms 59David calls for deliverance, watches for God, and sings of his strength in the morning.
- Psalms 60David is named in the heading of the Miktam for instruction.
- Psalms 61David gives voice to a prayer that moves from a cry for refuge to a promise of praise and fulfilled vows.
- Psalms 62David rests in God, faces those who threaten to cast a man down, and hears God’s single utterance twice.
- Psalms 63David seeks God in the wilderness, remembers Him through the night, sings beneath His wings, and rejoices as king while his enemies meet a darker end.
- Psalms 64David brings his complaint before God and asks to be preserved from dread and hidden from the wicked.
- Psalms 65David is named as the psalmist of this song for the choirmaster.
- Psalms 68David is named as the psalm's singer.
- Psalms 69David cries out from mire, reproach, and the deep waters, then turns his distress into praise and asks for his enemies to be reckoned with.
- Psalms 70David pleads for swift deliverance, asks shame upon those who seek his life, and calls on God not to delay.
- Psalms 72David is named at the end as the one whose prayers conclude here.
- Psalms 78David was taken from the sheepfolds and made shepherd of Jacob and Israel.
- Psalms 86David calls on the LORD for mercy, asks for an undivided heart, and seeks a sign of goodness while ruthless men pursue his life.
- Psalms 89David is found, anointed, strengthened, appointed as firstborn, and promised a line and throne enduring forever.
- Psalms 101David sings of loving devotion and justice, orders his house by integrity, favors the faithful, excludes deceit, and removes the wicked every morning.
- Psalms 103David addresses his soul, recounts the LORD’s kindness, and calls upon it to bless the LORD.
- Psalms 108David steadied his heart, woke the harp and lyre, praised God among the nations, and asked for help against the enemy.
- Psalms 109David answers hateful accusation with prayer, asks for deliverance, and promises abundant thanks before many.
- Psalms 110David gives his name to the psalm that announces a ruler at the LORD’s right hand.
- Psalms 122David was glad to go up, gave thanks with the tribes, and spoke and sought peace for Jerusalem.
- Psalms 131David describes a heart without pride, quiets his soul, and compares it twice to a weaned child with its mother.
- Psalms 132David swore away his house, bed, sleep, and slumber until he found a dwelling for the LORD.
- Psalms 133David is named in the song’s heading.
- Psalms 138David gives thanks before the gods, bows toward the holy temple, sings of the LORD’s greatness, and asks not to be abandoned.
- Psalms 139David praises the LORD's searching knowledge, finds no darkness deep enough to hide in, praises his own making, denounces the wicked, and finally asks to be searched himself.
- Psalms 140David cries to the LORD for rescue from violent men, asks that their schemes fail, and ends by trusting in the LORD's justice.
- Psalms 141David calls upon the LORD, asks for guarded lips and a righteous rebuke, and seeks refuge while the wicked fall into their own nets.
- Psalms 142David cried aloud to the LORD from the cave, laid out his trouble, and asked to be rescued from his pursuers.
- Psalms 143David pleads for mercy, remembers the LORD’s works, seeks refuge and guidance, and asks that his enemies be cut off.
- Psalms 144David blesses the LORD, asks rescue from foreigners, promises a new song, and looks towards a flourishing people with full storehouses and heavily laden oxen.
- Psalms 145David exalts the LORD, meditates on His works, declares His greatness, and promises that his mouth will praise Him.
- Proverbs 1David is named as Solomon’s father.
- Ecclesiastes 1David is named in the opening as the Teacher’s father.
- Isaiah 9David supplies the throne over which the promised ruler will reign.
- Isaiah 29David camped at Ariel, whose festivals are recalled as its siege begins.
- Isaiah 55David is made a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- Jeremiah 23David was given the promise of a righteous Branch who would reign wisely and administer justice.
- Jeremiah 30David was named as the king whom the restored people would serve.
- Jeremiah 33David is promised a righteous Branch and an enduring line of rulers.
- Ezekiel 34David is appointed as one shepherd over the flock, to feed them and be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 37David is named as the servant who will be king, shepherd, and prince over the reunited people.
- Hosea 3David is named as the king whom the returning people of Israel will seek.
- Zechariah 12David becomes the measure for the weakest among the people, while his house is likened to God and the angel of the LORD.
- Zechariah 13David is named in the house to which the fountain is opened.
- Matthew 12David and his companions ate the consecrated bread when they were hungry.
- Matthew 22David is named as the father of the Christ, whose own words call that son “Lord.”
- Mark 2David enters the house of God when hungry, eats the consecrated bread, and gives some to his companions.
- Mark 12David calls the Christ ‘Lord’ while Jesus asks how the Christ can also be David’s son.
- Luke 6David entered the house of God when he and his companions were hungry, and took and ate the consecrated bread.
- Luke 20David called the Christ “Lord” in the words Jesus quoted.
- Acts 2David spoke of the Holy One, died, was buried, and left a tomb that Peter could point to.
- Acts 4David was named as the servant through whose mouth the Holy Spirit spoke.
- Acts 13David was raised up as king, served God's purpose in his generation, and was buried when his body saw decay.
- Romans 1David is named as the ancestor from whom Jesus descended according to the flesh.
- Romans 4David spoke of the blessedness of the person whose sins are forgiven and whose sin the Lord will never count against him.
- Romans 11David called for the table of the disobedient to become a snare and their eyes to be darkened.
- 2 Timothy 2David is named as the descent from which Jesus Christ came.
- Hebrews 4David spoke of “Today,” warning against hardening the heart when God’s voice is heard.
- Revelation 5David is named as the root from which the triumphant figure is identified.
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