דָּוִד Dâvid
Meaning
David, the youngest son of Jesse
In the King James Version: David.
Derivation: rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as H1730 (דּוֹד); loving;
Where it is used
- 1 Chronicles 14:12 There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14 So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16 So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- 1 Chronicles 14:17 And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:3 And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:4 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
- 1 Chronicles 15:11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27 Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:2 When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 16:7 On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
- 1 Chronicles 16:43 Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:2 And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:4 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 17:15 So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
- 1 Chronicles 17:16 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 1 Chronicles 17:18 What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
- 1 Chronicles 17:24 so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
- 1 Chronicles 18:1 Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 18:2 David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3 As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 18:7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 18:8 And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
- 1 Chronicles 18:9 When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
- 1 Chronicles 18:11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
- 1 Chronicles 18:13 He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 18:14 Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
- 1 Chronicles 18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- 1 Chronicles 19:2 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
- 1 Chronicles 19:3 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
- 1 Chronicles 19:4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
- 1 Chronicles 19:5 When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 19:8 On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 19:17 When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
- 1 Chronicles 20:2 Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 20:7 and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 20:8 So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 21:8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:9 And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
- 1 Chronicles 21:10 “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
- 1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose