DAVID

DAVID: king and poet, General References to Ru 4:22; 1Sa 16:13; 17:14,50; 18:1,29; 2Sa 7:5; 18:33; 24:1; 1Ki 2:10 --"Israel's Versatile King" Beautiful 1Sa 16:12 Divinely Chosen 1Sa 16:13 Courageous 1Sa 17:34-36 A Champion 1Sa 17:40 A great soldier 2Sa 5:7 Forbidden to build the temple, because a man of war 1Ch 28:3 A Poet, see Psalms 8, 19, 23, General trend of his life spiritual 1Sa 13:14; 1Ki 15:5 Was led by passion to violate the Mosaic law De 17:17; 2Sa 5:13 Yielded to gross sins in a period of ease 2Sa 11:1-27 Was rebuked by the prophet Nathan 2Sa 12:1-31 His repentance and confession Ps 51:1-19