When we first hear about David in the bible, he is sent for by Samuel and anointed King of Israel, but King Saul is still alive. He is introduced to court when he is sent for to comfort the king when his spirit tortures him. He plays the harp and sings songs, some of which were probably recorded in the book of Psalms. However, he still lives with his father as a shepherd. Then, during a fight with the philistines, David’s father, Jesse, send David with some food to his brothers, who are in the army. While there, he challenges Goliath, a giant in the philistine army, and is able to kill him with a single shot from his sling. After that, David lives in Saul’s palace, and he makes friends with Saul’s son, prince Jonathan. David is promoted to a high ranking officer but Saul get jealous when he thinks David is the one who will take his kingdom from him (as the prophet Samuel foretold would happen). Multiple times he tried to kill David, but he never succeeded. After this, Saul offers to let David marry Saul’s daughter, Michal, if David can kill 100 philistines. David accepts, and comes back having killed 200 philistines. David and Michal get married. Next in the chain of events is that Saul plans to assassinate David, but Michal helps him escape and delay the soldiers going after David. David then stays the night at the tabernacle? I think it was the tabernacle. A priest then gives him some bread and the sword of Goliath. David then goes on his way. However, one of Saul’s men sees David leave. He reports to Saul, who kills all the priest but one. That one saves the Ephod and joins David as his priest. David then goes on a few military campaigns, gaining a small army and a prophet who give him their faith. David then marries, but his wife appears to have died at some point before David became King. After David gets married, and King Saul and Prince Jonathan die, the tribe of Judah makes David their king. Their is then a short civil war between one of Saul’s sons and David, but eventually Saul’s son is assassinated by his own men. David is then made king over all Israel. He commits the sin of killing his faithful soldier Uriah and marrying his wife, Bathsheba. It appears that David’s first wife must have died before this. David then reigns for a while before his second eldest son Absalom kills his eldest son. Absalom then flees to another city starting a revolt. In the battle that follows, Absalom dies. As David grows old, his son Solomon is declared king. David then dies of old age.
Based on 1 Samuel 16 – 1 Kings 2