David is credited for composing many of the psalms in the Book of Genesis.
 Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE, but little more is known about him as a historical figure
According to Jewish works such as the Seder Olam Rabbah, Seder Olam Zutta, and Sefer ha-Qabbalah, David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE

