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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.
Well, I made my plans
To leave you far behind
To put you in my past
And get you off my mind
So, I took your memory
On a midnight ride
Down a dark and lonely back road
And left you there to die
But look what followed me home
I thought I was alone
But your memory
It's coming back to me
I thought I'd left it behind
And had you off my mind
But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Look what followed me home
Well, I walked down to the river
At the break of dawn
With a picture of you, darlin'
Up underneath my arm
I said, the heartache's over
Today is your last day
And I thanked that muddy river
As it carried you away
Look what followed me home
I thought I was alone
But your memory
It's coming back to me
I thought I'd left it behind
Had you off my mind
But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Look what followed me home
Yeah, I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong