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• Youth With A Mission Korea (Yesu Jeondodan)

  Yesu Jeondodan (YWAM Korea) is an interdenominational mission organization founded in 1973 by David E. Ross, an American Southern Presbyterian missionary, out of a university student fellowship. Since 1980 it has operated as the Korean branch of the international mission organization Youth With A Mission (YWAM).

• David

  David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament, and he ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."

• David Yonggi Cho

  David Yonggi Cho (1936–2021) was a Pentecostal pastor. He founded Yoido Full Gospel Church, which began in 1958 as a tent church in Daejo-dong, Seoul, and built it into the largest church in the world.

• David and Goliath

  David and Goliath is an event recorded in 1 Samuel 17. It tells how the shepherd David struck down the Philistine champion Goliath with a sling in the Valley of Elah.

• David's Census

  David's census was the event in which King David had the fighting men of Israel and Judah counted, after which a plague struck the people; the plague ended when he built an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah. The account appears in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21.

• David's Mighty Men

  David's mighty men were renowned warriors who fought alongside David from the time Saul pursued him through his reign as king. Lists of their names appear in 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11.

• David Livingstone

  David Livingstone (1813–1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist medical missionary and explorer. Serving with the London Missionary Society, he explored the interior of Africa and is known as a leading opponent of the slave trade.

• David Wilkerson

  David Wilkerson (1931–2011) was an American Pentecostal minister and evangelist. He founded Teen Challenge, a drug-addiction recovery ministry, and Times Square Church in New York City, and he is known as the author of The Cross and the Switchblade.

• David Bosch

  David Jacobus Bosch (1929–1992) was a South African missiologist. He is known for Transforming Mission (1991), which traces how missionary thought has changed over the course of history.

• City of David

  The City of David is the name King David gave to the stronghold of Zion, which he captured from the Jebusites. It refers to the oldest quarter of Jerusalem, located on the city's southeastern hill. In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke uses the same expression for Bethlehem, David's hometown.

• Son of David

  A term meaning a descendant of King David. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus as a title for the Messiah, the king who, in keeping with the Old Testament promise, was to come from the house of David.

• City of David

  A phrase used in Luke 2 for Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, designating the hometown where David was born and raised. In the Old Testament, the same original-language expression (rendered *Dawit seong* in the Korean Revised Version) refers instead to the stronghold of Zion in Jerusalem.

• Tamar (Daughter of David)

  Tamar was the daughter of King David and Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, and the full sister of Absalom. Her rape by her half-brother Amnon is recorded in 2 Samuel 13.

• Davidic Covenant

  The Davidic covenant is God's promise, delivered to David through the prophet Nathan, to establish his house (dynasty) and throne forever. It forms an important foundation for Old Testament messianic expectation and for the New Testament understanding of Jesus.

• Chileab

  Chileab was David's second son, born to Abigail at Hebron. He appears in 2 Samuel 3:3, which records only his name. In the parallel list in 1 Chronicles 3:1, the name "Daniel" appears in the same position.

• Ahinoam

  Ahinoam was a wife of David and the mother of Amnon, David's firstborn son. Scripture also mentions a wife of King Saul who bore the same name.

• Amnon

  Amnon was the firstborn son of David, an Old Testament figure who raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed two years later by her full brother Absalom. His story appears in 2 Samuel 13.

• Jerimoth

  Jerimoth is a Hebrew name found in the Old Testament books of Chronicles. This article focuses mainly on "Jerimoth the son of David" (2 Chronicles 11:18), who is recorded as the father-in-law of King Rehoboam, and also lists other individuals of the same name.

• 2 Samuel 7:12–16

  The passage in which God, speaking through the prophet Nathan, promises David that He will establish the throne and kingdom of his offspring forever. It is the central text of the Davidic covenant, and the New Testament frequently cites it as a basis for confessing Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of David.

• 1 Chronicles 29:11–12

  The opening lines of David's prayer of praise, offered after gifts were presented for building the temple, in which he confesses that greatness and power, riches and honor, and the kingdom all belong to God. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of God's sovereignty and stewardship, as well as during the offering in worship services.