When is David first mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

A:There is an extensive story of King David in the Deuteronomic History (1 Samuel from chapter 16, 2 Samuel and 1 Kings to 2:10) and a somewhat different story of King David in 1 Chronicles.

The most famous story of King David, in which he slays the Philistine giant, Goliath, is in the Deuteronomic History at 1 Samuel chapter 17. The First Book of Chronicles, written later and apparently dependent on the Deuteronomist History, makes no mention of David killing Goliath, even though the History presents this at the most important single feat leading to David being accepted as a potential king.

The Book of Chronicles makes it seem that David was married to his full sister. 1 Chron 2:13-16 says that David's sister was Abigail, while 3:1 commences a genealogy, with Abigail his second wife. These are the only two Abigails in the entire Bible, so it is implausible that David simply married the only known woman in all Hebrew history to have the same name as his sister. If the Chronicler did not intend to portray David as having married his own sister, then this must be expalined as occurring because the Chronicler used an invented name on two occasions, but overlooked the consequences because of the complexity of the family trees scattered through the book.

The Deuteronomic History contains a lengthy diversion about David's son, Absalom, an uprising led by Sheba, the son of Bichri, and a number of attempted coups. Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon, asked the bed-ridden and dying King David to make her son king after him. 1 Chronicles omits all this material, and has King David, while still in apparent good health and not yet bed-ridden, announce to the people of Israel that God had chosen Solomon to be his heir.

Answer 2

David is first mentioned in The Bible in 1 Samuel 16, where he is anointed by the prophet Samuel as the future king of Israel.

Answer 3

Ruth 4:17:

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Answer 4

The son of Jesse, from the tribe of Judah, the King of Israel and father of Solomon.

Answer 5

David was a great king of Israel and was thought to be an ancestor of Jesus. His life story is mentioned in the Bible in the books of Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles.

Answer 6

He is first mentioned at the end of Ruth chapter 4

Answer 7

First and Second Samuel thru First and Second Kings chapter 2.

Answer 8

David's story is primarily in the books of I and II Samuel.

Answer 9

From 1 Samuel ch.16 until the end of 2 Samuel.

Answer 10

1 Samuel 16:13, when Samuel anoints him to be king.