사무엘상 17:14 탈무드 참조: Megillah & Chullin

[Similarly], “Avram, the same [hu] is Abraham”: he persisted in his righteousness from the beginning to the end. [Similarly], “These are [hu] Aaron and Moses”: he persisted in his righteousness from the beginning to the end. [Similarly], “And David, he was [hu] the smallest”: he persisted in his humility from the beginning to the end; just as in his youth he humbled himself before anyone who was his superior in Torah, so in his kingship he humbled himself before anyone who was his superior in wisdom.

She said to him: ‘Master of the universe, because I said a logical thing before you, I should diminish myself?’ He said to her, ‘Go and you will rule by day and by night’. She said to him, ‘What is the greatness in that, How does a lamp help in the daytime?’ He said to her: ‘Go! Israel will count through you the days and the years.’ She said to him, ‘Day is the primary unit of time, and I can’t be used to count for days, as it says “And let them be for signs of the seasons and days and years”.’ He said, “Go! And great people will be called by your name: ... Yaakov the Small, Shmuel the Small, David the Small." God saw that the moon was still not happy at the time. The Holy One said,