David vs Goliath

David
King of Israel
Statue of King David by Nicolas Cordier in the Borghese Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Reign	c. 1000 BCE
Predecessor	Saul Ish-bosheth
Successor	Solomon
Born	Bethlehem, Judah, Israel
Died	Jerusalem, Judah, Israel
Burial	City of David (Jerusalem)
Consort	Michal Ahinoam Abigail Maachah Haggith Abital Eglah Bathsheba
Issue	Amnon Chileab Absalom Adonijah Shephatiah Ithream Shammua Shobab Nathan Solomon Ibhar Elishua Nepheg Japhia Elishama Eliada Eliphalet Tamar
House	House of David
Father	Jesse
Mother	Nitzevet (Talmud)

King David the Prophet
King David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (c. 1640)
Holy Monarch, Prophet, Reformer, Spiritual Poet and Musician, Vicegerent of God, Psalm-Receiver
Born	Bethlehem
Died	Jerusalem
Venerated in	Judaism Christianity Islam
Feast	December 29 – Roman Catholicism
Attributes	Psalms, Harp, Head of Goliath

David (/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Hebrew: דָּוִד, Modern David, Tiberian  Dāwîḏ (Dawith) ; Dawid; Ancient Greek: Δαυίδ Davíd; Latin: Davidus, David; Gəˁəz: Dawit; possibly meaning "beloved one") was the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible.

In the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician and later by killing Goliath. He becomes a favorite of King Saul and a close friend of Saul's son Jonathan. Worried that David is trying to take this throne, Saul turns on David. After Saul and Jonathan are killed in battle, David is anointed as King. David conquers Jerusalem, taking the Ark of the Covenant into the city, and establishing the kingdom founded by Saul. As king, David arranges the death of Uriah the Hittite to cover his adultery with Bathsheba; the text in the Bible does not explicitly state whether Bathsheba consented or not for sex. According to biblical text, God denies him the opportunity to build the temple and his son, Absalom, tries to overthrow him. David flees Jerusalem during Absalom's rebellion, but after Absalom's death he returns to the city to rule Israel. Before his peaceful death, he chooses his son Solomon as his successor. He is mentioned in the prophetic literature as an ideal king and an ancestor of a future Messiah, and many psalms are ascribed to him.