– King over Judah and then over Israel, he succeeded Saul:
2Sm 2,1-7 : Your master Saul died and the house of Judah anointed me as their king.
2Sm 5,1-12 : David made a treaty with them before the Lord and they anointed him king of Israel.
1 Samuel 16: Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers.
1 Samuel 19-27 : Saul spoke to his son Jonathan and to all the servants, ordering them to kill David.
1 Kings 1-2 : King David was old and advanced in age.
1Ch 11–12 : All Israel went to David in Hebron.
– Killed Goliath:
1Sm 17,1-58 : David defeated the Philistine, killing him with a sling and a stone.
– Aroused the envy of Saul:
1Sm 18,6-9 : “Give ten thousand to David”, he said, “and to me only a thousand! All you need is the crown!”
– Fled from Saul:
1Sm 19,1-19 : David dodged and fled that same night.
1Sm 21,1–22,5 : David left and went into the forest of Haret.
– Spared Saul’s life twice:
1Sm 24,1-22 : Saul said to him: “Is this your voice, my son David?”. And he started to cry.
1Sm 26,1-25 : Saul said to David: “Blessed are you, my son David!”.
– Brought the ark of the Lord to Jerusalem:
2Sm 6,1-23 : David gathered again all the elite of Israel, a total of thirty thousand men.
– Extended his kingdom:
2Sm 8,1-18 : So David reigned over all Israel and practiced justice and equity.
– David and Bathsheba:
2Sm 11,1–12,25 : David comforted Bathsheba, his wife. He went looking for her and slept with her.
– Driven away by Absalom’s revolt:
2Sm 15,1–16,23 : Let us go, let us flee, for we cannot otherwise escape Absalom!
– Returned to Jerusalem:
2Sm 19,1-43 : Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house?
– Census Judah and Israel
2Sm 24,1-25 : And he excited David against them, saying to him: “Go number Israel and Judah”.
– Gave instructions to Solomon, his son and successor:
1Kings 2,1-9 : As David’s end drew near, he gave his son Solomon his last instructions.
– Jesus is a descendant of David:
Mt 1,1.6.17 : Genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
Mt 21,9 : Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Mt 22,41-46 : “What do you think of Christ? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s!”
Lc 2,11 : Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you, who is Christ the Lord.
Jn 7:42 : Does not the Scripture say: The Christ will come from the family of David.
Romans 1 :3 : Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, a descendant of David.
2Tm 2,8 : Remember Jesus Christ, descended from the stock of David.
Rev 3:7 : This is what the Holy and True One says, who has the key of David.
Rev 5 :5 : The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the descendant of David.
Rev 22:16 : I am the root and descendant of David, the bright and morning star.
