Editing David (section)

===Rabbinic Judaism===
David is an important figure in [[Rabbinic Judaism]], with many legends about him. According to one tradition, David was raised as the son of his father Jesse and spent his early years herding his father's sheep in the wilderness while his brothers were in school.<ref name="Ginzberg 1909">{{cite book |title= The Legends of the Jews|url= https://archive.org/details/legendsofjews0007ginz|last= Ginzberg|first= Louis|year= 1909|publisher= Jewish Publication Society|location= Philadelphia}}</ref>

David's adultery with Bathsheba is interpreted as an opportunity to demonstrate the power of repentance, and the Talmud says it was not adultery at all, citing a Jewish practice of divorce on the eve of battle. Furthermore, according to Talmudic sources, Uriah's death was not murder, because Uriah had committed a capital offense by refusing to obey a direct command from the King.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=82&letter=D#260|title=David|website=jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011100050/http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=82&letter=D#260|archive-date=2011-10-11|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in tractate Sanhedrin, David expressed remorse over his transgressions and sought forgiveness. God ultimately forgave David and Bathsheba but would not remove their sins from Scripture.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin|page=107a}}</ref>

In [[Legends of the Jews|Jewish legend]], David's sin with Bathsheba is the punishment for David's excessive self-consciousness. He had besought God to lead him into temptation so that he might give proof of his constancy like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who successfully passed the test and whose names later were united with God's, while David failed through the temptation of a woman.<ref name="Ginzberg 1909"/>

According to [[midrashim]], [[Adam]] gave up 70 years of his life for the life of David.<ref>Zohar Bereishis 91b</ref> Also, according to the [[Talmud Yerushalmi]], David was born and died on the Jewish holiday of [[Shavuot]] (Feast of Weeks). His piety was said to be so great that his prayers could bring down things from Heaven.<ref>{{Citation
 | last1 = Ginzberg | first1 = Louis
 | translator-last = Szold | translator-first = Henrietta
 | title = Legends of the Jews
 | website = [[Sefaria]]
 | date = 1909
 | url = https://www.sefaria.org/Legends_of_the_Jews.4.4.50?lang=en
 | access-date = October 26, 2021 }}</ref>