The YWN was absolutely correct, IMO. Unfortunately, the right people NEVER see these pictures.
As for Dovid Hamelech, the story I learned was that he knew he was to die at a specific time (on a Shabbos, I believe), so he spent all his time then, learning Torah, because the Malach Hamaves could not get to him then. In frustration the MHM made a loud noise outside the palace, Dovid Hamelech was startled and momentarily distracted from his learning, and in that moment the MHM took his life.