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David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David, a central figure in the Torah and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam .
The word gibborim is used in the Tanakh over 150 times and applied to men as well as lions (Proverbs 30:30), hunters (Genesis 10:9), soldiers (Jeremiah 51:30) and leaders (Daniel 11:3). The word is also applied to David's Mighty Warriors, a group of 37 men who fought with King David in 2 Samuel 23:8–38.
David's son Absalom later tries to overthrow him, but David returns to Jerusalem after Absalom's death to continue his reign. David desires to build a temple to Yahweh, but is denied because of the bloodshed of his reign. He dies at age 70 and chooses Solomon, his son with Bathsheba, as his successor instead of his eldest son Adonijah.
An officer in Saul's army named David achieves great militarily success. Saul tries to kill him out of jealousy, but David successfully escapes (1 Samuel 16–29). After Saul dies fighting the Philistines (1 Samuel 31; 2 Chronicles 10), the kingdom is divided between his son Eshbaal and David (David ruled his tribe of Judah and Eshbaal ruled ...
Graffiti with a Nazi swastika and 14/88 on a wall in Elektrostal, Moscow, Russia Graffiti with 1488 and an obscure message on a wall in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, Russia "The Fourteen Words" (also abbreviated 14 or 1488) is a reference to two slogans originated by David Eden Lane, [1] [2] one of nine founding members of the defunct white supremacist terrorist organization The Order, [3] and ...
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Miktam or Michtam (Hebrew: מִכְתָּם) is a word of unknown meaning found in the headings of Psalms 16 and 56–60 in the Hebrew Bible. [1] These six Psalms, and many others, are associated with King David, but this tradition is more likely to be sentimental than historical. [2]
The symbolic design presents a Star of David containing the word Zion in the Hebrew alphabet. Zion is mentioned 152 times in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), most often in the Prophetic books , the Book of Psalms , and the Book of Lamentations , besides six mentions in the Historical books (Kings, Samuel, Chronicles) and a single mention of the ...