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10 Biblical quotes about King David



Yahweh said to Samuel, 'How much longer do you mean to go on mourning over Saul, now that I myself have rejected him as ruler of Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have found myself a king from among his sons.' (1 Samuel 16, 1)

At this, Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him, surrounded by his brothers; and the spirit of Yahweh seized on David from that day onwards. Samuel, for his part, set off and went to Ramah. (1 Samuel 16, 13)

David said to Saul, 'Let no one be discouraged on his account; your servant will go and fight this Philistine.' (1 Samuel 17, 32)

The Philistine said to David, 'Come over here and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the wild beasts!' David retorted to the Philistine, 'You come to me with sword, spear and scimitar, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh Sabaoth, God of the armies of Israel, whom you have challenged. (1 Samuel 17, 44-45)

Thus David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; he hit the Philistine and killed him, though he had no sword in his hand. (1 Samuel 17, 50)

Saul asked him, 'Whose son are you, young man?' David replied, 'The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.' (1 Samuel 17, 58)

Wherever David was sent on a mission by Saul, he was successful, and Saul put him in command of the fighting men; all the people respected him and so did Saul's staff. (1 Samuel 18, 5)

All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron and said, 'Look, we are your own flesh and bone. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel on its campaigns, and to you it was that Yahweh promised, "You are to shepherd my people Israel and be leader of Israel." (2 Samuel 5, 1-2)

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them in Yahweh's presence at Hebron, and they anointed David as king of Israel. (2 Samuel 5, 3)

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years. (2 Samuel 5, 4)


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