The above is not evidence, it's a writer's declaration. Evidence would include details that support the declaration. In the above passage any number of names could be substituted for David's god and they'd all have the same amount of proof.
Proof requires being able to show why a proposition or declaration is a matter of fact.
Truth OT,
Is the God of the Old Testament the God of the New Testament? William Lane Craig
John M Njoroge challenged your assumption that 'any number of names could be substituted for David's god and they'd all have the same amount of proof':
Nothing short of chronological snobbery would make us think that in contrast to God's biblical followers we are better placed to judge the character of God. Biblical saints expected God, the judge of all the earth, to do what is right (Genesis 18:25), and it was not out of delusion that their hearts panted for God as the deer pants for water (RZIM,
The God of the Old Testament).
If you read the Old Testament from cover to cover you would discover that the revelation of God is not one of any number of gods. This is the God Christians worship:
'Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable' (Isa 40:28 ESV).
This is who God is:
So God led the people around by the desert road towards the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, ‘God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.
After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night (Ex 13: 18-21 NIV).
But there is more to the might of our God:
By faith, Moses called God's people to apply the blood of the Passover lamb that they might be delivered from the judgment that was to befall Egypt.
"By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them" (
Hebrews 11:28). Then, Moses led the people out of Egypt, eventually
passing through the Red Sea,
by faith.
Instead of sending Israel directly north toward the promised land, the Lord sent them eastward toward the Red Sea.
"So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea" (
Exodus 13:18). From the outset of their journey, the Lord became their guide.
"And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light" (
Exodus 13:21).
Yet, Pharaoh's heart hardened against Israel once again.
"So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea" (
Exodus 14:9). Soon, the people were trapped between the formidable sea and a mighty army. They were overtaken with fear, so Moses pointed them to the Lord.
"Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today" (
Exodus 14:13). Then, as the Lord had instructed him,
"Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left" (
Exodus 14:21-22). Into this intimidating setting, by faith in the Lord, the children of Israel advanced.
"By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land."
Again, as the Lord commanded, Moses stretched out his hand over the sea.
"Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained" (
Exodus 14:28). The rebellious Egyptians could not follow where God's people had gone by faith.
"Whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned" (
Pastor Bob Hoekstra).
Seems like the evidence is too overwhelming for you in your agnosticism. Before God, you are 'without excuse' (Rom 1:20 NIV): 'For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that
people are without excuse'.
You will meet God immediately after your last breath and He won't take this as an excuse, <<Proof requires
being able to show why a proposition or declaration is a matter of fact>>.
Oz