Editing David (section)

===Playing cards===
For a considerable period, starting in the 15th century and continuing until the 19th, French [[playing card]] manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology.  In this context, the [[King of spades]] was often known as "David".<ref>{{cite web|last= Mikkelson |first= David|date=29 September 2007 |url= http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.asp |title=Four Kings in Deck of Cards |website= Snopes |access-date= 2009-07-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211119165841/http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.asp |archive-date=2021-11-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.madore.org/~david/misc/cards.html |title=Courts on playing cards |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120208003621/http://www.madore.org/~david/misc/cards.html |archive-date=2012-02-08 |first=David |last= Madore}} Illustrations of the Anglo-American and French court cards</ref>