King David

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Explore 2,141 Jewish texts related to the theme of King David, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Moses's Song

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What would you see? Midrash Tehillim, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Psalms, offers us a glimpse into that moment, a moment of sheer, terrifying awe. It’s ...

Moses's Song of Abraham

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Psalm 18:26 offers a fascinating, and perhaps unsettling, answer: "With a pious person, act piously; with an upright man, be upright; with a pure one, be pure; and with a crooked o...

Amalek and the King

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King David knew that feeling well. And it's his story, illuminated by the ancient wisdom of Midrash Tehillim (a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Psalms), that offers...

David's Prayer and Jebusites

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The Book of Psalms, or Tehillim, is full of David's prayers, his praises, his cries for help. And Psalm 18, verse 30, it’s a powerhouse: "For by You I run upon a troop... and by my...

Throne of David and Berechiah

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The passage opens with a powerful statement: "The Lord's way is perfect." Okay, sounds good. But what does that mean? Rav, a prominent Babylonian Amora (sage) of the early 3rd cent...

Isaac: Trial of Abraham

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The Midrash starts with a powerful statement: "God's way is perfect." And it connects this perfection to Abraham, pointing to the verse in Genesis (17:1) where God says, "Walk befo...

Kingdom of David and Nahshon

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King David knew that feeling. But he also knew something about inner strength, about training, and about the power of where we come from. The verse we're looking at today comes fro...

Divine Presence and Chiya

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Yet, praise is central to Jewish tradition. Why? to a fascinating passage from Midrash Tehillim, a collection of homiletical interpretations on the Book of Psalms, and see what we ...

David and Goliath of Yoav

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King David certainly did. And the story of how he regained his balance, according to Midrash Tehillim, is wild. We all know King David. The shepherd boy who slew Goliath, the sweet...