David

David (c.1005–970 BCE) (Hebrew: דָּוִד, Standard Davíd Tiberian Dāwíð ; Arabic: داوود or داود, Dāwūd ; Geez : Dāwīt ; "beloved") was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel. He is depicted as a righteous king—although not without fault—as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet (he is traditionally credited with the authorship of many of the Psalms). His life and reign, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible's books of Samuel (from I Samuel 16 onwards) and Chronicles, have been of central importance to Jewish and Western culture.