This accolade still seems fair. But thereafter David became King of Israel, and is given special honor as a predecessor to Jesus. This joint political-religious role was not necessarily bitter to play.
不過大衛王日後既是一統以色列的政治英主，又被賦予著耶穌先祖的特殊光環，政教合一的面貌扮演起來也未免太辛苦萬狀。