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{{quote| ''The Lord called Samuel: and he answered, "Here am I".''}}
* [[Last of His Kind]]: The last of The Judges.
* [[The Obi
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Gives one to Saul after the latter only partially obeys the divine command to utterly wipe out the Amalekites (which included their finest animals, which Saul spared).
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
* [[Waif Prophet]]: started as one, when he was a child.
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* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Admitted that he had treated David evilly and that David had been good to him, but he went right back to trying to kill him.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: He didn't take kindly to the fact that God was going to replace him.
* [[Green
* [[Hypocrite]]: Had all magic users purged but went to a witch to summon the spirit of Samuel for advice on his what would turn out to be his final battle.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: He was noticeably taller than all the other people around.
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* [[Badass Israeli]]: The original. Note: The "Star of David" is the frame of his shield.
* [[Balanced Harem]]: Had one of these. (It's good the be the king!) It's still not enough to stop [[Your Cheating Heart|his cheating heart]], though.
* [[Big Screwed
* [[Break the Cutie]]: In his last days, he is described as "no longer feeling warmth". A stark contrast to the happy well-adjusted shepherd boy he once was.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Brought a gun to a swordfight (metaphorically), then cut Goliath's head off with Goliath's own sword.
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* [[Manly Tears]]: He was a formidable warrior who cried quite a lot.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: The hypotenuse being poor Uriah.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Very narrowly averted; The only thing that stopped David from wiping out Nabal's entire house when he insulted him was quick thinking on Abigail's part. David snaps out of it and [[Lampshade|thanks God]] that he was prevented from having such blood guilt on his hands.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: The whole Bathsheba incident.
* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: Did this while in exile before he was crowned king, when the [[Oh Crap|King of Gath]] ([[David Versus Goliath|Goliath]]'s hometown) recognized him as an anti-Philistine guerrilla warrior.
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* [[Polyamory]]: Michal and Bathsheba were just the start; he had eight total plus concubines.
* [[The Purge]]: Killed all the men in Saul's family (except Jonathan's son) eligible for succession and even forced Saul's daughter Michal to marry him again to force an alliance with the former royal family. His last wishes (textually, if not chronologically) were for Solomon were to kill Joab and Shimei, steward of the house of Saul.
* [[Pre
* [[Pretty Boy]]: "And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance."
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: His "Mighty Men" who were mercenaries and outlaws who joined him during his years as a fugitive.
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* [[The Uriah Gambit]]: [[Trope Namer]], though Saul tried to pull it on him first with the Philistine Foreskins bit.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Quite literally. Kicks ass, writes poems, dances with his people. He's even got a nickname, "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel"
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: After the above incident with Uriah, Nathan explicitly call him on this. He repents, but it's too late, at least for his first child with Bathsheba.
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: Youngest of 8.
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* [[Humble Hero]]
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: After her husband Nabal insulted David, David led a couple hundred men back to him, intending to wipe out his entire household. Abigail placates him with gifts of food and a heartfelt speech.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]:
** Nabal, Abigail's first husband, is certainly ugly... at least in personality, though Abigail's beauty is specifically stated.
** Averted with her second husband David. He was quite handsome.
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* [[Giant Mook]]: was stated to be around 10 feet -- tall even by modern standards.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: It only took one shot from a sling<ref>and cutting off his head while he was stunned</ref> to kill him.
* [[Half
== Absalom ==
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== Tamar, princess of Israel ==
{{quote| ''And she lived in her brother Absalom's house, a desolate woman.''}}
* [[Brother
* [[Rape and Revenge]]
* [[Requisite Royal Regalia]]: Wore one as a mark of her chastity. She tore it apart after the rape.
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== Joab ==
* [[Badass]]
* [[Kill
* [[Poisonous Friend]]
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]
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