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David

968 verses · 40 family members

First mentioned
Ruth 4:17
Last mentioned
Revelation 22:16
Appears in
28 books · most in 1 Samuel
Lived
c. 1034 BC – c. 965 BC
Period
The Reign of David · Samuel & King Saul

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  1. Psalms 23:1

    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  2. Psalms 27:1

    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  3. 1 Samuel 23:16

    And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

  4. Psalms 110:1

    A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  5. Isaiah 9:7

    Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Verses Mentioning David

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  1. 1 Samuel 20:39

    But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

  2. 1 Samuel 20:41–42

    41And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

    42And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

  3. 1 Samuel 21:1–2

    1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

    2And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.

  4. 1 Samuel 21:4–5

    4And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

    5And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

  5. 1 Samuel 21:8–12

    8And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

    9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

    10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

    11And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

    12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  6. 1 Samuel 22:1

    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

  7. 1 Samuel 22:3–6

    3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

    4And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

    5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

    6When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

  8. 1 Samuel 22:14

    Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

  9. 1 Samuel 22:17

    And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

  10. 1 Samuel 22:20–22

    20And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

    21And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.

    22And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

  11. 1 Samuel 23:1–3

    1Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.

    2Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

    3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?