invited to Jerusalem by the northern tribes, =1=, 146. pardons Amasa, =1=, 146. met by embassies of Benjamites and Judæans, =1=, 146-8. suppresses Sheba’s revolt, =1=, 148-50. returns to Jerusalem, =1=, 150. restrained from building a Temple, =1=, 150-1. debility of, =1=, 151. has Solomon acknowledged king, =1=, 153. death of, =1=, 154. summary of the reign of, =1=, 154-5. number of wives of, =1=, 161. descendants of, the only ones entitled to the crown, =1=, 527-8. a descendant of, the Messiah, =2=, 143, 144. descent from, traced by Spanish families, =3=, 43. Israelites under, settle in northern Arabia, =3=, 54. in Immanuel Romi’s work, =4=, 67. favorite character of the Puritans, =5=, 26. =David=, candidate for the Exilarchate, =3=, 439. =David=, German immigrant in Turkey, =4=, 271. =David=, principino of the Neapolitan Jews, =3=, 424. =David of Mosul=, Exilarch in Jerusalem, =3=, 506. excommunicates Daniel ben Saadiah, =3=, 526. =David de Pomis= (1525-1588), physician, employed by Christians, =4=, 653. attainments of, =4=, 656. defense of Jewish physicians by, =4=, 656-7. Talmudic dictionary by, =4=, 657. =David ben Daniel=, Exilarch of Mosul, excommunicates Solomon Petit, =3=, 632. =David ben Judah= (825-840), Exilarch, =3=, 155-6. =David ben Kalonymos=, Tossafist, member of the Mayence synod, =3=, 517. =David ben Maimun=, brother of Maimonides, =3=, 451, 457. =David ben Saul=, excommunicates the Maimunists, =3=, 529. excommunicated, =3=, 530, 536-7. =David ben Zaccaï= (940), Exilarch, deposes Kohen-Zedek, =3=, 186. appoints two Geonim of Sora, =3=, 192-3. excommunicates the congregation of Fars, =3=, 194. injustice of, =3=, 194-5. contest of, with Saadiah, =3=, 195-6, 200-1. cause of, espoused by Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu, =3=, 200. death of, =3=, 201. great-grandson of, =3=, 254. =David Ibn-Abi Zimra= (1470-1573), scholar, Spanish exile in Cairo, =4=, 393. rabbi of Cairo, =4=, 394. abolishes the Seleucidæan era, =4=, 394-5. reverses the liturgical changes made by Maimonides, =4=, 395. Kabbalist, =4=, 481. =David Ibn-Albilla=, philosopher, =4=, 91. =David Ibn-Yachya=, rabbi at Naples, =4=, 410. =David Ibn-Yachya Negro=, foresees the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal, =4=, 339. =David Abudarham=, a Jew of Castile, =3=, 617. =David Alrui= (Alroy, Ibn-Alruchi, Menahem ben Solomon), attainments of, =3=, 430. summons the Jews of the East to return to Jerusalem, =3=, 431. imprisoned, =3=, 431-2. death of, =3=, 433. =David Bonet Buen-Giorna=, Marrano, persuaded to remain a Christian, =4=, 188. epistle to, =4=, 188-90. =David Gans= (1541-1613), historian and astronomer, works of, =4=, 638-9. consulted by Basnage, =5=, 196. refutes Eibeschütz’s defense, =5=, 270.