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David
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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David male forename.
King David (d.
c.962 bc), king of Judah and Israel. In the biblical account he was the youngest son of Jesse, who killed the Philistine Goliath and, on
Saul's death, became king, making Jerusalem his capital; he was the father of
Absalom and (by his marriage with
Bathsheba),
Solomon. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the Psalms, though this has been disputed.
It was a traditional Jewish belief that the Messiah would be descended from David, and in Matthew 9:27 two blind men seeking healing from Jesus address him as ‘Son of David’.
St David (6th century), Welsh monk, who since the 12th century has been regarded as the patron saint of Wales. Little is known of his life, but it is generally accepted that he transferred the centre of Welsh ecclesiastical administration from Caerleon to Mynyw (now St David's); he also established a number of monasteries and churches. His feast day is 1 March.
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Grenada
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Map from: GeoNova Territory Maps; 8/1/2007; 226 words
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Wales
Map from: GeoNova Territory Maps; 8/1/2007; 263 words
; ...Brecon Beacons, Cambrian Mts., Snowdon 3, 559 ft.(1, 085 m), Swansea, Rhondda, Carmarthen, Milford Haven, St David's, Newport, Port Talbot, Bridgend, Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Llandrindod Wells, Conwy, Pembroke, Merthyr Tydfil, Brecon...
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OBITUARIES
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/19/1999; 700+ words
; ...the Metropolitan Club and the Chevy Chase Club. Survivors include two sons, Charles Spalding of San Jose, Costa Rica, and David Spalding of Dover, N.H.; four stepchildren, Francis Spalding of Nova Scotia, Stephanie Zimbalist of Solvang, Calif...
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Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; ; 700+ words
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; The first loud pop, green flash and burning smell came before 4 a.m. somewhere in frozen central Montgomery County. Within an hour, it was like fireworks: Ice-encrusted limbs were crashing onto power lines, causing spectacular short circuits. Transformer fuses popped like psychedelic flashbulbs in
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ACMC strives to provide quality, safe births
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 1/13/2007; 632 words
; ...we also look forward to a time when the high quality Labor and Delivery program at Highland Hospital is featured on the front page of the Oakland Tribune. Dr. David Altman is the chief medical officer at the Alameda County Medical Center.
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Zabad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zabad , in the Bible. 1, 2 Two of David's chief men. They are perhaps the same person; Zabud may be also. 3 Ephraimite. 4 See Jozachar . 5, 6, 7 Israelites who had married foreign wives.
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Zambia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...they ruled the Lozi kingdom of Barotseland (see Western Province from 1838 to 1864. The Colonial Period The Scottish explorer David Livingstone first came to the area that is now Zambia in 1851; he visited Victoria Falls in 1855, and in 1873 he died near...
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David Zeisberger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
David Zeisberger , 1721-1808, American Moravian missionary, b. Moravia. While a youth, he lived...history of the Native Americans. Bibliography: See E. A. De Schweinitz, The Life and Times of David Zeisberger (1870, repr. 1971).
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Zeruiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zeruiah , in the Bible, sister of David and mother of Joab.
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Walden Pond
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Walden Pond Mass.: see Thoreau, Henry David .
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