David (Hebrew, דָּוִיד) (c. 1040 BC-970 BC) was the second King of Israel in Biblical times. Scholars usually place his life around the 11th and 10th centuries BC. David's story is told in the Old Testament's First and Second Books of Samuel. David is also credited with having written most of the Book of Psalms, but modern Biblical scholars discount claims of his authorship of all but a handful of psalms.