The song Hallelujah was about King David, at least part of it.

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Here's the words to the song "Hallelujah":

http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2005/08/12/best-song-ever-written-by-a-canadian/

Hallelujah

by Leonard Cohen.

Now I’ve {G} heard there was a {Em} secret chord
That {G} David played, and it {Em} pleased the Lord
But {C} you don’t really {D} care for music, {G} do ya? {D}
It {G} goes like this: the {C} fourth, the {D} fifth
The {Em} minor fall, the {C} major {D} lift
The {D} baffled king composing Halle{Em}lujah

Halle{C}lujah, Halle{Em}lujah, Halle{C}lujah, Halle{G}lu{D}u{G}jah

Your {G} faith was strong but you {Em} needed proof
You {G} saw her bathing {Em} on the roof
Her {C} beauty and the {D} moonlight over{G}threw ya {D}
She {G} tied you to a {C} kitchen {D} chair
She {Em} broke your throne, and she {C} cut your {D} hair
And {D} from your lips she drew the Halle{Em}lujah

Halle{C}lujah, Halle{Em}lujah, Halle{C}lujah, Halle{G}lu{D}u{G}jah

You {G} say I took the {Em} name in vain
{G} I don’t even {Em} know the name
But {C} if I did, well {D} really, what’s it {G} to ya? {D}
There’s a {G} blaze of light in {C} every {D} word
It {Em} doesn’t matter {C} which you {D} heard
The {D} holy or the broken Halle{Em}lujah

Halle{C}lujah, Halle{Em}lujah, Halle{C}lujah, Halle{G}lu{D}u{G}jah

I {G} did my best, it {Em} wasn’t much
I {G} couldn’t feel, so I {Em} tried to touch
I’ve {C} told the truth, I {D} didn’t come to {G} fool ya {D}
{G} And even though it {C} all went {D} wrong
I’ll {Em} stand before the {C} Lord of {D} Song
With {D} nothing on my tongue but Halle{Em}lujah

Halle{C}lujah, Halle{Em}lujah, Halle{C}lujah, Halle{G}lu{D}u{G}jah…

King David was a song writer and musician. He wrote a lot of the songs collected in the book of Psalms. Also, he first saw Bathsheba, who he later married, on a roof -- the lyrics are right out of the Old Testament.

Here's a verse from the Bible where David first saw Bathsheba:

2 Sam 11:2-3

2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" (NIV)

Here's a verse about David singing songs to the Lord:

2 Sam 22:1

David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.(NIV)

This song is, at least in part, about King David.

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