<P> David was considered as a model ruler and a symbol of divinely - ordained monarchy throughout medieval Western Europe and Eastern Christendom . David was perceived as the biblical predecessor to Christian Roman and Byzantine emperors and the name "New David" was used as an honorific reference to these rulers . The Georgian Bagratids and the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia claimed a direct biological descent from him . Likewise, the Frankish Carolingian dynasty frequently connected themselves to David; Charlemagne himself occasionally used the name of David as his pseudonym . </P> <P> David (Arabic داود, Dāwūd) is a highly important figure in Islam as one of the major prophets sent by God to guide the Israelites . David is mentioned several times in the Quran, often with his son Solomon . The actual Arabic equivalent to the Hebrew Davīd is Dawūd . In the Qur'an: David killed Goliath (2: 251), a giant soldier in the Philistine army . When David killed Goliath, God granted him kingship and wisdom and enforced it (38: 20). David was made God's "vicegerent on earth" (38: 26) and God further gave David sound judgment (21: 78; 37: 21--24, 26) as well as the Psalms, regarded as books of divine wisdom (4: 163; 17: 55). The birds and mountains united with David in uttering praise to God (21: 79; 34: 10; 38: 18), while God made iron soft for David (34: 10), God also instructed David in the art of fashioning chain - mail out of iron (21: 80); an indication of the first use of Wrought iron, this knowledge gave David a major advantage over his bronze and cast iron - armed opponents, not to mention the cultural and economic impact . Together with Solomon, David gave judgment in a case of damage to the fields (21: 78) and David judged the matter between two disputants in his prayer chamber (38: 21--23). Since there is no mention in the Qur'an of the wrong David did to Uriah nor any reference to Bathsheba, Muslims reject this narrative . </P> <P> Muslim tradition and the hadith stress David's zeal in daily prayer as well as in fasting . Qur'an commentators, historians and compilers of the numerous Stories of the Prophets elaborate upon David's concise Qur'anic narratives and specifically mention David's gift in singing his Psalms as well as his musical and vocal talents . His voice is described as having had a captivating power, weaving its influence not only over man but over all beasts and nature, who would unite with him to praise God . </P> <P> Literary works about David include: </P>

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