(Hope I got this one accurately) – I heard that Dovid Hamelech learned on every Shabbos, so that he would not die on the day he knew he was destined to die, because the Malach Hamaves cannot take someone’s neshama while they are leaning Torah. So the Medrash tells us, on Shavuos, which was Shabbos also, he was learning and the M”H became frustrated because he was there to take D”HM’s neshama but he would not stop learning Torah and could not die. Finally, the M”H made a loud noise outside, Dovid was distracted from the learning, and at that moment the M”H took his life.
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