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David (/ˈdeɪvɪd/; Hebrew: דָּוִד, Modern David, Tiberian Dāwîḏ;ISO 259-3 Dawid; Arabic: داوُد Dāwūd; Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ Dawid; Ancient Greek: Δαυίδ; Latin: Davidus, David; Strong's: Daveed) was, according to the Books of Samuel, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel, and according to the New Testament, an ancestor of Jesus. His life is conventionally dated to c. 1040 – 970 BCE, his reign over Judah c. 1010–970 BCE.
The Books of Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles are the only Old Testament sources of information on David, although the Tel Dan Stele (dated c. 850–835 BCE) contains the phrase בית דוד (bytdwd), read as "House of David", which many scholars confirm to be a likely plausible match to the existence in the mid-9th century BCE of a Judean royal dynasty called the House of David.
Depicted as a valorous warrior of great renown, and a poet and musician credited for composing much of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms, King David is widely viewed as a righteous and effective king in battle and civil justice. He is described as a man after God's own heart in 1 Samuel 13:14 and Acts 13:22.
Your wind blows, my heart bells chime
I stay on my toes, you stay on my mind
You weren't born to lose, you could let me win
Only one way out, come further in
If you want to take me home, I'm yours to keep
I'll close my eyes, tell me where to sleep
If you want to light up the night, we'll let everyone see
The way that you voice activate me
Hope one day our love will come to this
Not on a widescreen with a Hollywood kiss
But where every song on my playlist
Is a song about you
Each time I fell I could never stand
The way the street branded my hand
You picked me up, went the extra mile
Can I use my hands to make you smile?
Hope one day our love will come this way
Not with chocolates or a red bouquet
But where every song on my playlist