How was King David as a King?

Answer 1

King David was a good father only mistake he made and a major one it was ,. He comitted adultery, but he repented very honestly later on.

Answer 2

Kind David was the 2nd kind of Israel. He was the youngest of Jesse's sons and was a "man after God's own heart." He killed the giant Goliath with a sling while Goliath had a sword, spear, and javaline. And Goliath had armor and David had just his every day clothes. He was a Shepard boy that had killed a bear and a lion for his sheep single handedly with a stick. David commited 2 very bad sins, but repented, and ,as far as I know, is haveing a good, peaceful time in Heaven.

Kind David was the 2nd kind of Israel. He was the youngest of Jesse's 8 sons and was a "man after God's own heart." He killed the giant Goliath with a sling while Goliath had a sword, spear, and javaline. And Goliath had armor and David had just his every day clothes. He was a Shepard boy that had killed a bear and a lion for his sheep single handedly with a stick. David commited 2 very bad sins(adultry and murder), but repented, and ,as far as I know, is having a good, peaceful time in Heaven.

Answer 3

David the son of Jesse was an outstanding musician, poet, warrior, and statesman. But David's prominence in Scripture is primarily due to his relationship with God. God called him "a man agreeable to my heart." (Acts 13:22; 1Samuel 13:14)

• Answer 2

1) King David authored/compiled the book of Psalms and gave it to us in its present form (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b).
2) King David was the one who finally succeeded in subduing all of the surrounding nations.
3) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple.
4) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple.
5) He amassed vast amounts of material and precious metals for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).
6) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).
7) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).
8) He was without peer in clarifying and applying the halakhot (laws) of the Oral Tradition (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b).
9) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).

Answer 4

King David was the ruler of the Israelites after Saul, shortly before the First Temple was built. He was important because:

1) King David authored/compiled the book of Psalms and gave it to us in its present form (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). The Psalms (Tehillim), which we might call the soul of the Jewish people, express the yearning of King David and of the entire nation to be close to God. They are one of the foundations of our prayerbook to this day.

2) King David was the one who finally succeeded in subduing all of the surrounding nations (see 2 Samuel ch.8 and ch.10) plus the entire territory of Israel, something which no one else did previously or subsequently. He succeeded in all his endeavors (1 Samuel 16:18).

3) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple (2 Samuel ch.7). The First Temple is actually considered the accomplishment of David himself (Rashi commentary, Berakhot 18a), since it existed in his merit (Sefer Torat Chaim, commenting on Talmud, Shabbat 30a).

4) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple (1 Chronicles 28:19). Together with the prophet Samuel, he located the spot where the Temple would be built (Talmud, Zevachim 54b); and he dug the foundations for the Temple (Talmud, Sukkah 53a).

5) He amassed vast amounts of material and precious metals for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).

6) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).

7) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).

8) He was without peer in clarifying and applying the halakhot (laws) of the Oral Tradition (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b).

9) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).

Answer 5

According to The Bible, King David was the greatest king there ever was. Many of the stories of King David are legendary in character. The story of the rape of Tamar by David's son, Amnon, has evidence of its origin in Egyptian mythology. The story of another son, Absalom, is also seen as having Egyptian origins, with many parallels between Absalom and the Egyptian queen, Hatshepsut. David reigned over a United Monarchy of Israel for forty years, just the same period as his son Solomon also reigned.

In the Book of Samuel, David was chosen by God and anointed by Samuel to be King Saul's successor. The reason David was accepted as king was his defeat in single combat of the Philistine giant Goliath. It seems that the slaying of Goliath was so improbable that the Book of Chronicles, which was a later rewrite of the Deuteronomic History, does not even mention it.

According to the Bible, David went on to create a great and prosperous empire by conquering lands far to the north and east of Israel. During the course of the twentieth century, scholars began to doubt the biblical story, with opinions divided between those who continued to believe the Bible account to be literally true ('maximalists'), and those who detected nationalistic exaggeration and felt that Israel never really expanded beyond its traditional borders ('minimalists'). Archaeological excavations at northern sites, such as Megiddo in lower Galilee, found evidence of sophisticated fortifications that were immediately attributed to Kings David and Solomon and seen as evidence of Israelite expansion under David.

More recent archaeological analysis suggests that the archaeological finds in places such as Megiddo should be dated to a later century. Gradually, evidence has emerged that Israel and Judah were too small and impoverished during the tenth century BCE to ever be a threat to their neighbours, and that there probably never was a United Monarchy of Israel. A developing consensus among scholars is that David was, at best, a local warlord with a small territory surrounding Jerusalem.

Answer 6

King David was the greatest of the kings in Israel, especially in terms of serving God.

David's accomplishments:

• 1) King David authored/compiled the book of Psalms and gave it to us in its present form (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). The Psalms (Tehillim), which we might call the soul of the Jewish people, express the yearning of King David and of the entire nation to be close to God. They are one of the foundations of our prayerbook to this day.

Link: Source of the Psalms

• 2) King David was the one who finally succeeded in subduing all of the surrounding nations (see 2 Samuel ch.8 and ch.10) plus the entire territory of Israel, something which no one else did previously or subsequently. He succeeded in all his endeavors (1 Samuel 16:18).
• 3) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple (2 Samuel ch.7). The First Temple is actually considered the accomplishment of David himself (Rashi commentary, Berakhot 18a), since it existed in his merit ("Torat Chaim," commenting on Talmud, Shabbat 30a).
• 4) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple (1 Chronicles 28:19). Together with the prophet Samuel, he located the spot where the Temple would be built (Talmud, Zevachim 54b); and he dug the foundations for the Temple (Talmud, Sukkah 53a).
• 5) He amassed vast amounts of material and precious metals for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).
• 6) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).
• 7) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).
• 8) He was without peer in clarifying and applying the halakhot (laws) of the Oral Tradition (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b).
• 9) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).

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Answer 7

The Bible tells us that David was a great Israelite king who reigned for forty years in the first part of the tenth century BCE. According to this account, he made great conquests, creating an empire that stretched from the Euphrates River all the way to Egypt. Biblical tradition says that David founded a dynasty that continued uninterrupted in Judah until the Babylonian conquests. He became so important in Jewish tradition that many of the psalms were eventually attributed to him.

Scholars say that David was more likely a local chieftain who gradually dominated the southern Hebrew region that would later become the kingdom of Judah. Over the centuries, his legend grew until he became regarded as a great king and empire builder, but there is no archaeological evidence for that empire.

Answer 8

kind david was a handsme guy . He was born in 1040 b.c and he beat Golieth in a fight with his sling shot

Answer 9

King David is very great as he killed the giant Goliath was a very popular king and he built a great empire of Israel, he started to build the famous temple, but Solomon his son finished it.