Definition of David
                                                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 (Old Testament) the 2nd 
king of the Israelites; as a 
young shepherd he fought Goliath (a 
giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by 
hitting him in the 
head with a 
stone flung from a sling; he 
united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; 
many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC)