Shepherd, poet, king · United monarchy, c. 1010–970 BC

David in the Bible

David is anointed as a shepherd boy, kills Goliath, spends years as a fugitive from Saul, and unites the tribes with his capital at Jerusalem. The covenant promising him an everlasting throne, and the psalms attributed to him, make his name the one the New Testament reaches for when it calls Jesus 'son of David'.

Read the first mention — 2 Samuel 6:8Search every form of “David

Verses mentioning David

1,161 occurrences across 969 verses in the King James Version.

  1. 2 Samuel 6:8

    And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. made: Heb. broken Perezuzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah

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  2. 2 Samuel 6:9

    And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

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  3. 2 Samuel 6:10

    So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

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  4. 2 Samuel 6:12

    And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

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  5. 2 Samuel 6:14

    And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

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  6. 2 Samuel 6:15

    So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

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  7. 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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  8. 2 Samuel 6:17

    And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. pitched: Heb. stretched

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  9. 2 Samuel 6:18

    And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

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  10. 2 Samuel 6:20

    Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! shamelessly: or, openly

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  11. 2 Samuel 6:21

    And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

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  12. 2 Samuel 7:5

    Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? my servant: Heb. to my servant, to David

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  13. 2 Samuel 7:8

    Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: from following: Heb. from after

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  14. 2 Samuel 7:17

    According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

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  15. 2 Samuel 7:18

    Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

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  16. 2 Samuel 7:20

    And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

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  17. 2 Samuel 7:26

    And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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  18. 2 Samuel 8:1

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. Methegammah: or, the bridle of Ammah

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  19. 2 Samuel 8:2

    And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

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  20. 2 Samuel 8:3

    David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer

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  21. 2 Samuel 8:4

    And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. from: or, of his. chariots: as 1.Chr.18.4

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  22. 2 Samuel 8:5

    And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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  23. 2 Samuel 8:6

    Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

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  24. 2 Samuel 8:7

    And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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  25. 2 Samuel 8:8

    And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

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