Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . he was selected and anointed bythe prophet Samuel, at the age of 15,to succeed Saul. Brought to the courtof Saul to soothe the melancholy of theking by his harp, he first signalized him-self by slaying Goliath of Gath, a gigan-tic Philistine. He won the friendship ofJonathan, and the love of his daughterMichal, but drew upon himself the jeal-ousy, and finally the fury of the unhappykingj who repeatedly attempted to kill him. David fled into the wilderness. Atthe head of a b
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . he was selected and anointed bythe prophet Samuel, at the age of 15,to succeed Saul. Brought to the courtof Saul to soothe the melancholy of theking by his harp, he first signalized him-self by slaying Goliath of Gath, a gigan-tic Philistine. He won the friendship ofJonathan, and the love of his daughterMichal, but drew upon himself the jeal-ousy, and finally the fury of the unhappykingj who repeatedly attempted to kill him. David fled into the wilderness. Atthe head of a band of outlaws and mal-contents he baffled every attempt of Saulto capture him. When Saul fell, Davidwas acknowledged king by the tribe ofJudah; but the other tribes, at the in-stigation of Abner, placed Ishbosheth,the younger son of Saul, on the throne,thus occasioning a civil war. On thedeath of Ishbosheth, however, the con-tending parties submitted to David, whoreigned for 30 years. He took Jerusa-lem from the Jebusites, and gained con-siderable victories over the Philistmesand other neighboring nations; but tar-. DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL nished his glory by taking Bathshebafrom Uriah, her husband, and puttinghim to death. A rebellion was excitedagainst him by his son Absalom, whichwas quelled, and Absalom slain. At theclose of his life, he abdicated in favor oihis son Solomon. He died 1015 B. c. Aconsiderable portion of the Book ofPsalms was composed by him. DAVID I. (often called St. David),King of Scotland; born in 1084; sueceeded his brother, Alexander the Fierce,in 1124. He married Maud, grandnieceof William the Conqueror; and was earlof Northumberland and Huntingdonwhen called to the Scottish throne. Onthe death of Henry I., King of England,he maintained the claim of his daughteiMaud against King Stephen and seizedCarlisle, but was defeated at the battleof Northallerton in 1138. He died in1153. DAVID II., King of Scotland, son ofRobert Bruce; born in 1324; succeededto the
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