David

1. the second king of the Hebrews (about 1000--962 bc), who united Israel as a kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital

2. Elizabeth. 1914--92, British cookery writer. Her books include Mediterranean Food (1950) and An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (1984)

3. Jacques Louis . 1748--1825, French neoclassical painter of such works as the Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Socrates (1787), and The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799). He actively supported the French Revolution and became court painter to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804; banished at the Bourbon restoration

4. Saint. 6th century ad, Welsh bishop; patron saint of Wales. Feast day: March 1

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David

sculpture by Michelangelo depicting figure epitomizing male beauty. [Art: Osborne, 718]

See: Beauty, Masculine

David

audaciously stands before and slays Goliath. [O.T.: I Samuel 17:48–51]

See: Bravery

David

boy who slew Goliath. [O.T.: Samuel: 18:4–51]

See: Heroism

David

King of Israel who was held in reverence after he slew Goliath. [O.T.: Samuel 17:4–51]

See: Idolatry

David

had many wives. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:43–44; II Samuel 3:2–5]

See: Polygamy

David

orders Uriah to be exposed in battle so he may marry Uriah’s wife Bathsheba. [O.T.: II Samuel 11:6]

See: Treachery

DAVID

(Digital Audio/Video Interactive Decoder) An operating system for set-top boxes from the Microware Software Division of RadiSys Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (www.microware.com). Based on Microware's OS-9 real-time operating system, it is used for interactive TV, video-on-demand and Internet applications. Microware Systems Corporation, Des Moines, IA, was acquired by RadiSys in 2001. See OS-9.

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David

king of the Israeli-Judaic state from the end of the 1 Ith century to around 950 B.C.

David was the arms-bearer and later the son-in-law of King Saul. However, suspected of treason, he fled to the steppes of southern Palestine. Later, he became a vassal of the Philistines. After the death of Saul, David was proclaimed king of Judah. He added to it the territories of the Israelite tribes, captured the Canaanite city of Jerusalem and made it his capital, and won a number of neighboring territories. David created a centralized power—the Israeli-Judaic state. He conducted a census of the population (c. 973 B.C.) and introduced taxes. In addition to a popular militia, he organized detachments of foreign bodyguards (Cretans and Philistines). In Hebrew folklore David is depicted as a daring warrior who killed the giant Goliath. Bible scholars reject the religious tradition that David was the composer of the psalms.

REFERENCES

Nikol’skii. N. M. Tsar’ David i psalmy. St. Petersburg. 1908.
Frazer. J. G. Fol’klor ν vetkhom zavete. Moscow-Leningrad, 1931. (Translated from English.)
Weill, R. La Cité de David (vols. 1–2]. Paris, 1947.
Desnoyers, L. Histoire du peuple hébreu des Juges à la captivité, vol. 2. Paris. 1930.
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David

a city in western Panama, on the Pan-American highway. Administrative center of the province of Chiriqui. Population, 23,000 (1963). There is a railroad station. David is a commercial-industrial center, producing shoes, furniture. and other household items.