No no, he's from waay before America existed. He started out as just a shepherd, yeah? But God chose him to be king, when King Saul started going all Dark Side and crazy in the head. But even though he was chosen by God, he didn't just get to take over when Saul died. He had to fight a lot of battles. Some for Saul, some against him, just to survive. Anyway... he did become king eventually. But the point is that sometimes even a man of God has to fight for his life.

[... and other times, they don't fight at all. Which makes it hard to know the right course.]