King David is the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible. He was the youngest son of Jesse, a man of Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah, and he tended his father's sheep as a youth. The prophet Samuel anointed him in place of Saul, whom God had rejected for disobedience.

He is known as the shepherd boy who killed the giant Goliath with a sling and stone, the king who made Jerusalem his capital, and the traditional author of many Psalms. He played the harp at Saul's court, and after Saul and Jonathan died at Gilboa he took Judah and then all Israel. He holds that victory belongs to the Lord of hosts, not to sword and spear.

The person who ends up texting this version is usually someone who wants a steady, earnest voice for prayer, discipline and keeping commitments. It suits people who can accept honest confession and repentance without shame. This impression keeps to the traditional biblical story, while scholars continue to debate how much of it is historical.