A SHORT MIDRASH ON THE ORIGINS OF THE MAGEN DAWID

First, every learned Jew will admit that the shield was in Nimrod's possession,
long before Dawid Melekh inherited it.
Secondly, what you failed to acknowledge it that fact that Nimrod was in a
war with Shem aka Malkhi-Sedek, which we find in the book of Bereshith 14...
Let me explain...
According to the midrash, the coats of skin which G-d made for Adam and Eve
found in Bereshith 3,21 were handed down from father to son, and thus came
into the possession of Noah, who took them with him into the ark, where they
were stolen by Ham.
Ham, later passed them down unto his son Kush, who in turn gave them to
Nimrod, and when the animals saw the latter clad (including the six pointed
star) in them, they bowed before him, which gave him the power to subdue
them.
The people, however, thought that these feats were due to his extraordinary
strength, so that they made him their king (Pire D'Ribbe Eliezer. 24.; "Sefer
ha-Yashar," (The book of Jasher).
Later there was a battle between Nimrod and Shem of which Avraham avinu
defeats Nimrod in battle... but not necessarily kills him. You must understand
that Nimrod was very powerful with both hunting and spiritual manipulation &
magic due to his possessions.
The Midrash later tells us the it was Esau the grandson of Avraham who
actually kills him, after he dies, to prove that he was the better hunter. After
defeating Nimrod, took with him the spoils of Nimrod. Pirkei D'Rebbi Eliezer
31
Rabbi Johanan said: "That wicked Esa'u committed five sins on that day. He
dishonored a betrothed maiden, he committed a murder, he denied God, he
denied the resurrection of the dead, and he spurned the birthright." BT Mas.
Baba Batra 16b
"And Esa'u was forty years old when he married Judith the daughter of Beeri
the Hittite, and Bos'mat the daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they made life
bitter for Yis'haq and for Rivekha." Bereshith 26,34-35
And Esa'u saw that the daughters of Kena'an displeased Yis'haq his father.
Then Esa'u went to Yishma'el, and took, besides the wives he had, Mahalath

the daughter of Yishma'el, Avraham's son, the sister of Nevayot, to be his

wife. Bereshith 28,8-9
Now you asked how did Dawid get the shield? Well according to the midrash
it was Yehudah who killed Esa'u. You see when Yis'haq died, Ya'akov and (the
chiefs of) the twelve clans went to bury him. Bereshith 35,29
All of the Ya'akov son's left the cave of Machpelah to give their father some
private last minutes with the body of his father, it was then that when Esa'u
attempted to kill Ya'akov.
"Esa'u risen up as if about to murderYa'akov, he instantly went behind him
and killed him. But why did he not kill him from the front? Because the
physiognomy of Esau was exactly like that of Jacob, and it was out of respect
to the latter that be slew Esau from behind." Midrash Shohar Tov, chap. 18
It was at this time that Yehudah got the spoils of Esa'u including the shield,
which will later be called the shield of Dawid... It is no wonder why Ya'akov
blessed Yehudah with the kingdom...
"Yehudah, thee shall your brothers; your hand shall be on the neck of your
enemies; your father's sons shall bow down before you... The sceptre shall
not depart from Yehudah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long
as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall be the obedience of the people."
Bereshith 49,8-10
Well just as Nimrod originally carried the shield for evil, Dawid inherited the
symbol for justice.... Shalom...