David
From wikipedia:
The first book of Samuel portrays David as the youngest of the
eight sons of Jesse of Bethlehem. His mother is not named in
any book of the Bible, but the Talmudidentifies her
as Nitzevetdaughter of Adael.[2] When the story was retold in 1
Chronicles (4th century BCE) he was made the youngest of
seven sons and given two sisters, Zeruiahand Abigail.
The Book of Ruth (possibly also 4th century BCE) traces his
ancestry back to Ruth the Moabite.
David is described as cementing his relations with various
political and national groups through marriage.[3] He is
described as having eight wives: Michal, the second daughter
of King Saul; Ahinoamthe Jezreelite; Abigail the Carmelite,
previously wife of Nabal; Maachah, daughter of Talmai, king
of Geshur; Haggith; Abital; Eglah; and Bathsheba.
The Book of Chronicles lists his sons with his various wives
and concubines. In Hebron, David had six sons: Amnon,
by
Ahinoam;
Daniel,
by
Abigail;
Absalom,
by Maachah; Adonijah, by Haggith; Shephatiah, by Abital;
and Ithream, by Eglah.[4] By Bathsheba, his sons
were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. David's sons
born in Jerusalem of his other wives included Ibhar,
Elishua, Eliphelet, Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama and
Eliada.[5] Jerimoth, who is not mentioned in any of the
genealogies, is mentioned as another of his sons in 2
Chronicles 11 :1 8. His daughter Tamar, by Maachah, is a key
character in the incident of her rape by one of her half-brothers.
This is from the Bible:
"After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them,
and David took Meth′eg-am′mah out of the hand of the
Philistines. And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a
line, making them lie down on the ground; two lines he
measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared.
And the Moabites became servants to David and brought
tribute. David also defeated Hadade′zer the son of Rehob, king
of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river
Euphra′tes. And David took from him a thousand and seven
hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and
David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a
hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to
help Hadade′zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two
thousand men of the Syrians. Then David put garrisons in
Aram of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David
and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David
wherever he went. And David took the
shields of gold which were carried by
the servants of Hadade′zer, and
brought them to Jerusalem. And from
Betah and from Bero′thai, cities of
Hadade′zer, King David took very
much bronze. When To′i king of
Hamath heard that David had defeated
the whole army of Hadade′zer, To′i sent
his son Joram to King David, to greet
him, and to congratulate him because
he had fought against Hadade′zer and
defeated him; for Hadade′zer had often
been at war with To′i. And Joram
brought with him articles of silver, of
gold, and of bronze; these also King