House of David

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• Boaz · ? — A landowner of Bethlehem who married the Moabite Ruth; great-grandfather of King David. (Book of Ruth)
• Ruth · ? — A Moabite widow whose loyalty to Naomi is told in the Book of Ruth; great-grandmother of David.
• Obed · ? — Son of Boaz and Ruth; grandfather of David.
• Jesse · ? — A Bethlehemite and father of David; the "stem of Jesse" of messianic prophecy.
• David · ? — Second king of Israel, who united the tribes and made Jerusalem his capital; the founder of the royal line of Judah. (1–2 Samuel)
• Michal · ? — Daughter of King Saul and first wife of David; she bore him no children.
• Abigail · ? — Wife of David, earlier married to Nabal of Carmel; remembered for her wisdom.
• Bathsheba · ? — Wife of David and mother of Solomon, his chosen successor.
• Amnon · ? — Eldest son of David (his mother was Ahinoam); he was killed by his brother Absalom.
• Absalom · ? — Son of David (his mother was Maacah) who rebelled against his father and died in the revolt.
• Solomon · ? — Son of David and Bathsheba; third king of Israel, builder of the First Temple, proverbial for his wisdom. (1 Kings)
• Nathan · ? — Son of David and Bathsheba; the Gospel of Luke traces Jesus’ line through him rather than through Solomon.
• Naamah · ? — An Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of his heir Rehoboam.
• Rehoboam · ? — Son of Solomon; his harsh answer split the kingdom, leaving him the first king of Judah alone.
• Abijah · ? — King of Judah; son of Rehoboam.
• Asa · ? — King of Judah remembered for his religious reforms; son of Abijah.
• Jehoshaphat · ? — King of Judah who allied with the northern kingdom of Israel; son of Asa.
• Joram · ? — King of Judah; son of Jehoshaphat.
• Uzziah · ? — King of Judah, also called Azariah, whose long reign ended in leprosy. (Matthew’s list passes from Joram straight to Uzziah.)
• Jotham · ? — King of Judah; son of Uzziah.
• Ahaz · ? — King of Judah; son of Jotham.
• Hezekiah · ? — King of Judah who resisted Assyria and restored the Temple worship; son of Ahaz.
• Manasseh · ? — The longest-reigning king of Judah; son of Hezekiah.
• Amon · ? — King of Judah; son of Manasseh.
• Josiah · ? — Reforming king of Judah who restored the Book of the Law; son of Amon.
• Jeconiah · ? — King of Judah (Jehoiachin), carried into the Babylonian exile; the last reigning king of David’s line.
• Shealtiel · ? — Son of Jeconiah, of the generation of the Babylonian exile.
• Zerubbabel · ? — Grandson of Jeconiah who led the return from exile and rebuilt the Temple in Jerusalem.
• Abiud · ? — A descendant of Zerubbabel in the genealogy of Matthew.
• Eliakim · ? — A descendant of Zerubbabel in the genealogy of Matthew.
• Azor · ? — A descendant in Matthew’s genealogy of Joseph.
• Zadok · ? — A descendant in Matthew’s genealogy of Joseph.
• Achim · ? — A descendant in Matthew’s genealogy of Joseph.
• Eliud · ? — A descendant in Matthew’s genealogy of Joseph.
• Eleazar · ? — A descendant in Matthew’s genealogy of Joseph.
• Matthan · ? — Grandfather of Joseph in the genealogy of Matthew.
• Jacob · ? — Father of Joseph in the genealogy of Matthew.
• Joseph · ? — Husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus, of the house of David. (Gospels)
• Mary · ? — Mother of Jesus. (Gospels)
• Jesus · ? — Jesus of Nazareth, called the Messiah; reckoned of the house of David through Joseph. (Gospels)