Shmuel Ben David (1884–1927), born in Sofia, Bulgaria, was an illustrator, painter, typographer and designer affiliated with the Bezalel school, an art movement that developed in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century.

Shabat Menachem Davidov (later Shmuel Ben David) studied under Boris Schatz at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia.

In 1906, he immigrated to Palestine and enrolled at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts established by Schatz in Jerusalem.

In 1912, the artist traveled to Paris and continued his art studies at the Academie Julian and left a collection of sketch books.

Around 1923, Ben David produced a unique copy of an illuminated Scroll of Esther, made of parchment.