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ID: 901001014
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001014
Record Type: Character/Person

David, King of Israel (Old Testament character)

Note: Biblical Israelite king and the first monarch of all the Israelite tribes. He was the father of Solomon, who expanded the empire that David built. He is an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Display Date: flourished ca. 1000 BCE

Names:
David, King of Israel (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
David (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Daud (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Dāwūd (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Nabī Dāwūd (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
דוד (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)
דוד המלך (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............David, King of Israel (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Meeting of David and Abigail
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of David (Old Testament narratives), Meeting of David and Abigail (Old Testament narrative)) [901002198]
associated with .... Goliath
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Goliath (Old Testament character)) [901000579]
consort/spouse of .... Bathsheba
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Bathsheba (Old Testament character)) [901000627]
consort/spouse of .... Abigail
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abigail (Old Testament character)) [901002200]
child of .... Jesse
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jesse (Old Testament character)) [901000413]
parent of .... Absalom
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Absalom (Old Testament character)) [901000637]
is protagonist for .... Life of David
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of David (Old Testament narratives)) [901001523]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... king (person)
.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
David, King of Israel (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79055293
David (Old Testament character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I62(David)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Daud (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Dāwūd (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Nabī Dāwūd (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
דוד (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
דוד המלך (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "David," accessed 29 June 2017
................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)

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