Librarian Note: There are more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
died circa 962 BC
David slew Goliath, the Philistine giant, succeeded Saul as the second king of Judah and Israel, and reputedly authored many of the Psalms, according to the Bible.
Bathsheba, the wife later of David, mothered Solomon, their second son, in the Bible.
David sent Uriah to die in battle to marry ably Bathsheba, his wife.