King David, " the man after God's heart," was the nagid king YAHWEH wanted Israel to have. Despite his sinfulness, in all that he did, he sought to serve the LORD. This was evident both in his personal life as well as in his performance as king as Israel.
             The Role of a Nagid King: The king is to be God chosen, a brother of Israel, must not acquire a large number of horses or make people return to Egypt to get more horses. He must not have many wives, or large quantities of silver and gold. He needs to write this as a law and give it to the Levites.
             David's Family: David had 7 older brothers: Eliab, Abinidab, Shammah, and 4 other brothers that were seen by Samuel but were all rejected as king. David was tending sheep and was called into his house to be seen by Samuel. Samuel saw him and knew that he was the one to be king over Israel, so he was anointed.
             David is anointed: Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. The spirit was with him from then on. The spirit left Saul and an evil spirit entered. Saul was seeking a good harp player, His servants picked David. Over time, Saul became to like David and David became his armor bearer. When David played the harp, the evil spirit in Saul would leave him and the spirit of the Lord would enter.
             After David defeated Goliath, the people were chanting, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands." Saul was greatly angered at this. While David was playing the harp, Saul threw a spear at him, but missed and David eluded him twice.
             David and Goliath: Goliath had come out for 40 days looking for a challenger and had found none. David had come bringing his brothers food. The whole Israelite camp was frightened. David asked what was up with Goliath. When he knew he asked Saul if he could fight Goliath. Saul agreed but David didn't fit in the armor, so he didn't have any. He went to the brook and...