David

First appears: Book 12

Life events

• God promises David an everlasting royal throne, from whose lineage the destined king will arise.(Book12)
  • With: God
  • “A promise shall receive Irrevocable, that his regal throne For ever shall endure; the like shall sing All Prophecy, that of the royal stock Of David (so I name this king) shall rise A Son”

Book 12

• with Son (The Messiah is foretold to arise from David’s royal stock.) “That of the royal stock / Of David (so I name this king) shall rise / A Son, the Woman’s seed to thee foretold”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Paradise Lost. Made with Rho MD.