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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.
David Richmond (1748–1818) was an American commissioned officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.
Richmond, the son of Mayflower descendant Seth Richmond, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. He married Nancy Davis in 1766.
Richmond had five sons: Joseph, David, Thomas, Samuel and Seth; and four daughters: Lucy, Esther, Lydia and Nancy.
From May 1, 1775, to October 1775, Richmond was a Lieutenant in Captain John Field's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment.
By December 1776, Richmond was a First Lieutenant in Captain Timothy Vilmarth's Company, Colonel Chad Brown's Regiment. He was appointed Captain on September 30, 1778.
In the summer of 1780, Richmond served one month as a Major.
Major Richmond moved from Rhode Island and settled at Latham's Corners, Chenango County, New York.