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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.
The palace guards they’re working hard. They stay up late with beaker
jars.
They’re mixing things in laboratories late at night.
Don’t look at them. You’ll make them mad.
The palace guards they’re working hard. They have your best interests at
heart.
They’re making songs of great endurance, strength and beauty,
Somewhat fruity. All top hits.
I love you and cuz I do don’t ever leave me. I’ll slash your stuff up if you
I love you and cuz I do I’m only joking it’s just my sense of humor ya’ll.
The palace guards love you and me. They don’t discriminate. They’re free
They’re open-minded, intellectual athletes who won’t compete in weird
mind games.
The palace guards are real rock stars. Don’t give them things not up to
They play guitar and regulate the atmosphere with telescopes and red
machines
I love you and cuz I do I’ll never let you go to London without me along.
I love you and cuz I do I hid your passport. I put you on a no fly list…
We’re palace guards and we work very hard
We got all of your best all your best interests at heart.
We go up. We go down. We go where the job takes us, keep you safe and
sound.
I work my finger to the bone to bring the bacon, bring the bacon home
I work my fingers to the bone to keep the little piggies safe in their little
straw home
I rip my heart out every day for you. X4
And the palace guards
Well we work very hard
We don’t ask you for much
A kind word
A kind touch