From the young shepherd boy who slays the gargantuan Goliath, to the old and feeble king who needs a virgin to keep him warm, attempts have been made to place the enigmatic figure of David into the historical record; painting him as a bandit chieftain in the highlands of the ancient Near East, gleaning from the Biblical narrative what further might be known of the man. Yet there is something bewildering which emerges when the record of King David's life is vigilantly examined and compared with the mythic tales of other peoples. Discover what has lain hidden within the books of Samuel since the time of their composition, from where they gain their astrological significance, and what lies behind the effusively potent phrase, "David, the King of Israel, Lives "