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The second Jewish King, and the first from the tribe of Yehudah (Judah).
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Is there a source for there being a Psalm inscribed on King David's shield?
I've been told that the Magen David was found on King David's shield (although sources for that seem scarce).
I recently heard that King David had Psalm 67 inscribed on the back of his shield in the ...
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Looking for source re: David HaMelech and Circus/Theater
I'm looking for a source about David HaMelech using the 'excuse' of going to the circus/theater as a rebuff to his yetzer hara querying him why he rises at midnight.
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Should David have killed Saul?
In 1 Samuel 24 Saul enters a cave to relieve himself and David cuts off part of Saul's cloak rather than kill him. During this time Saul had been pursuing David with the explicit intent to kill him. ...
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What were David's reasons for writing Psalms?
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What were David's reasons for writing the Book of Psalms?
Are they in chronological order to the events that happened in his life?
Did he write some of the psalms as the event was happening?
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What’s the difference between “לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר” and “מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד” in Tehilim?
Tehilim 110 for example begins with “l’David mizmor”, while 108 starts with “mizmor l’David”. Is there a difference in meaning? Does one denote authorship and the other does not?
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Will Moshiach need to PROVE he is a male line descendant of King David?
Would it be a requirement for Moshiach to be able to prove that he is a descendant of King David or at least have a family mesorah that he is?
Or is it more of a case that once we see that someone is ...
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Why are there no Tehillim corresponding to earlier in David's life?
As far as I can tell Psalm 59 is the earliest explicit reference to events in David's life, corresponding to 1 Samuel 19. I would like to know if any commentaries explain why there are no Pslams which ...
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How do groups who reject the oral Torah explain David's election [closed]
How can the oral law deniers explain the election of David ben Yishai when the Torah says "no Ammonite or Moabite shall enter into thd congregation of HaShem, none of their descendants, even to ...
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Was Natan Hanavi associated with any other characters in the Torah?
I am referring to the Natan who rebuked דוד המלך.
Is he associated with other characters via גילגול?
If not, is he compared or contrasted with other characters in mfarshim?
I am basing the idea that ...
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What is the traditional exegesis of the Davidic Promise in 2 Samuel 7
2 Samuel 7 states that Nathan prophesied to David that G-d will establish/confirm his throne through all generations. After the exile in Babylon and the current exile, how did Chazal understand this ...
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War for economic reasons
In Brachot 3b David gives his ministers the advice to go to war to bring Parnassah. Then they asked the Urim and Thumim. Is waging war for economic reasons halahically justified?
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Who is THE LORD and who is my lord?
Who is David referring to when he wrote in
Psalms 110:1
"The Lord said to my lord"
Who is he referring to when he says "THE LORD," and who is he referring to when he says "...
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Why are There Dots on the לולא of לוּלֵא הֶאֱמַנְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּטוּב ה׳ בְּאֶרֶץ חַיִּים?
David called himself pious (Psalms 86:2):
The Talmud questions this (Brachot 4a):
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וְדָוִד מִי קָרֵי לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ ״חָסִיד״? וְהָכְתִיב ״לוּלֵא הֶאֱמַנְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּטוּב ה׳ בְּאֶרֶץ חַיִּים״...
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Any traditional sources that compare Rachav to the wife who hid Dovid in Shmuel II, perek 17?
Rachav hides the spies under some flax, then tells enemy they went in a different direction.
The wife of the man in Bochurim hides Ahimaaz and Yehonasan under groats/ground wheat, and tells the enemy ...
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Dovid and Avigail
When Dovid Hamelech was by the house of Naval, he stated that he will not leave over so much as a dog of Naval's, and that's when Avigail convinced him not to do anything to Naval and rather Hashem ...
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Does Deuteronomy 24:16 contradict what happened to King David’s son?
Deuteronomy 24:16 says a child will not be punished for the sins of the father and vice versa. Then how is it the child of David and Bathsheba be put to death? What is the reason for this according to ...
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Why did God punish the King's children
Why did God punish David’s children if the Torah says God doesn’t punish one’s children for the sins of the parents?
2 Samuel Chapter 12
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Looking for a Midrash / Commentary about David Hamelekh condemning the notion of Theater (Play-pretend / Acting etc.)
By any chance, does anyone remember something along these lines? I heard it back in my Yeshiva days and it always puzzled me (what did David Hamelekh mean by it more precisely? What danger did he ...
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What roles did Yossei/Joseph I as governor and the house of David play in assisting Judas Maccabee and the rebels against the Seleucid empire? [closed]
Shalom, during the second century BCE, Seleucid ruled over Judea, and the Maccabees led a revolt against the imposition of Hellenism. They sought to restore Jewish independence and worship under the ...
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Do the Hasideans have a connection to the House of David?
What primary sources have scholars examined to investigate potential genealogical ties between the Hasideans and the house of David or other tribes? Does linguistic analysis of the name "Hasid&...
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What about 1 Samuel ch. 16?
In 1 Samuel ch. 16:14-23 there's a strange story about an "evil spirit from the LORD" who started to terrify Shaul Ha-Melech until the young David was called to present before the king & ...
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King David vs King Shaul - did King Shaul do anything wrong?
When Shaul would scold his enemies e.g. the Plishtim, he would shout at them for “defying Israel” (as his men did in Shmuel 1:17:25), but David would shout at them for "defying God" (ibid 26)...
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Why did Yoav quote the pasuk of Amalek by Edom?
The Gemara (Bava Basra 21b) says that Yoav misread the passuk Deuteronomy 25:19 "Eradicate the memory of Amalek" as "Eradicate the males of Amalek" and thus only killed the males ...
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Why didn't David ask God what to do when Avshalom rebelled
During the conflict between David and Shaul, David inquired of God (perhaps via the urim v'tummim) as to how to behave (where he should go, what he should do etc.). However, when his son Avshalom ...
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Is Chushai to blame for the deaths in Avshalom's rebellion?
In 2 Shmuel 17 Ahitophel counsels Avshalom to immediately pursue David with 12,000 soldiers and predicts that they will be able to kill David without having to kill David's men.
At David's behest, ...
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Genesis 22:18 ‘the seed’ include the Moshiach?
Genesis 22:18 speaks about Abraham’s descendants:
וְהִתְבָּרְכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ
בְּקֹלִי׃
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ...
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What day of the year did David buy Har Habayis?
Does anyone know if there are any sources regarding the date David Hamelech stopped the plague by bringing karbanos in the field of Aravnah HaYevusi? It would seem that this should be considered a ...
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Why did David hamstring the horses? [duplicate]
In 2 Shmuel 8:4 we read
David captured 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers of his force; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except for 100 which he retained.
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Why is David able to continue being with his wives after they are captured
In 1 Shmuel 30 we learn that David's wives were taken captive by Amalekites. David and his men were able to retrieve them sometime later, however enough time seems to have passed that the captors ...
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Did David utter an unnecessary oath?
In 1 Shmuel 25 Avigail persuades David not to execute his plan to kill Naval and Naval's household. After David acquiesces to her plea he then continues in pasuk 34 to swear (see commentaries such as ...
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Why did Goliat fall on his face?
In 1 Shmuel 17:49 we read
וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת־יָדוֹ אֶל־הַכֶּלִי וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אֶבֶן וַיְקַלַּע וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל־מִצְחוֹ וַתִּטְבַּע הָאֶבֶן בְּמִצְחוֹ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו ...
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How one can explain the Generation gap between David and Goliath?
Is there a midrash that explains how David meets Goliath, since the time gap between the two is huge? Goliath is Orpah's son (II Sam. 21;I Sam. 17) and David is the great-grandson of Ruth, Orpah's ...
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Wipe out Amalek Round 2
Shaul was commanded to wipe out Amalek and Dovid would've built the beis hamikdosh after conquering the surrounding nations but Hashem wanted Shlomo to do it.
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Dovid and Natan
In Shmuel Bet, Perek 12, pesukim 1-7, Dovid and Natan are speaking and Dovid tells Natan this man who stole the sheep deserves death and Natan says, this man is you!
When listening to a shiur, the ...
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Are there any sefarim about Melech David
Today we named our son David at the Brit Mila and I realized I wanted to learn more about King David. Outside of Tehilim and Shmuel I&II (which are understandably the core sources), does anyone ...
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Why didn't David build the temple?
Why couldn't the temple be built because David shed blood? Was it a matter of principle or ethics on God's part or was it a practical matter because continuing like this would make construction ...
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Why pray for David before praying for prayer?
The Talmud explains the arrangement of the Amidah benedictions in Megillah 17-18. The rationale for placing the prayer for prayer after the prayer for David is given there as follows:
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The weapons of Dovid Hamelech in the Beis HaMikdosh
In 2 Melachim, 11:10, the Torah says:
And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spear and shields, that were in the temple of the L-rd.
Why did the Beis HaMikdosh have a ...
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Significance of the story of how King Dovid came to write the 15 “Shir HaMaalos”
The story of how King Dovid came to write the 15 “Shir HaMaalos” is recounted in Gemoro Sukkah 53 a, b .
It seems in preparing the “plumbing” for the future Temple, he disturbed an underground seal ...
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Why are some royal mothers omitted from scripture?
One of the differences between the account of the Davidic kings and the non-Davidic kings in scripture is the inclusion of mothers for most of the Davidic kings. None of the non-Davidic kings have ...
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What opinions on what types of bird's nests relate to Moshiach? Is phoenix sourced?
I saw a Rav quote the Zohar as saying Mashiach's soul is in the bird's nest, but then the Rav made a comment, without a source, that it's like a phoenix, the way a phoenix resurrects. However, is ...
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How can Psalm 132 reference David and imply that it was written by Solomon?
The gemora in Bava Basra 14b lists 10 people that co-authored Tehillim with David
דוד כתב ספר תהלים ע"י עשרה זקנים ע"י אדם הראשון על ידי מלכי צדק ועל
ידי אברהם וע"י משה ועל ידי הימן וע&...
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What Ever Happened To Palti Ben Laish After He Returned Michal To King David?
Did he end up marrying someone else? I feel so bad for him that someone he loved so dearly was taken away from him after being teased. etc. I'm not condemning What King David did but hindsight he ...
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Is "Reason to Believe" correct that the Jewish Nation had no outstanding achievements?
R Gottlieb in his book called Reason to Believe claims that the UNEXPECTED survival of the Jews is a reason to believe in a Supernatural Being that cares about the Jews, has abilities to affect the ...
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Goren Arvana/Ornan as the Location of the Temple
The last chapter of Samuel (24) describes King David's sin of counting the Jewish people and the resulting epidemic in which 70,000 Jews were killed. At the end of the account, the prophet describes ...
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How do I tell whether an "Efrati" is an Efraimite or someone from Efrat (i.e. Bethlehem)?
Sometimes an אֶפְרָתִ֜ means someone from the Tribe of Ephraim. It is certainly used that way in the context of the "Shibollet" story.
Other times, is means someone from Bethlehem. (Ruth) ...
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Why did King David count differently than the Torah?
1 Chronicles 23:27 says:
כִּ֣י בְדִבְרֵ֚י דָוִיד֙ הָאַ֣חֲרוֹנִ֔ים הֵ֖מָּה מִסְפַּ֣ר בְּנֵֽי־לֵוִ֑י מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָֽעְלָה:
which roughly translates as:
For in David's final words, ...
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How did King Solomon and King David keep up his duties to his wives
How did King Solomon and King David keep their marital duties to so many wives? Was there a system of rights the woman of the kings Harem enjoyed?
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How does Targum on Tehillim 51:7 reconcile with Yishai being pure? Also interested in other aspects of the verse
The verse states, "Behold, with iniquity I was formed, and with sin my mother conceived me. Most the commentaries are not available in english (https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Tehillim/51.6#e1n6). ...
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1Samuel 16,12 on David
According to the translation of 1Samuel 16:12 of The Koren Jerusalem Bible it translates that David: "was ruddy, with fine eyes, and good lookin".Some rabbinical comments, however, such as ...
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