David
Family: Israel · Role: king · First appears: Matthew 1
David is king of Israel. In Matthew 1, Jesse is named as his parent, and David fathers Solomon. Jesus is identified as “the son of David, the son of Abraham.” In Matthew 12, David enters the house of God while hungry and eats the shewbread, and Jesus is identified as the son of David. In Matthew 22, Jesus challenges the claim that Christ is merely David’s son by noting that David calls him Lord.
David is connected with Holy Ghost, through whom he speaks of the Lord’s enemies being made a footstool. In Luke, Nathan is listed as the son of David, while Joseph the husband of Mary is described as belonging to David’s house and lineage and as going to the city of David, Bethlehem. In Acts 2, God’s oath to David concerns the raising of Christ from the fruit of his loins to sit on his throne, and David’s prophecy says that Christ’s soul would not be left in hell and his flesh would not see corruption. David is also associated with God’s words about the nations raging and with finding favour before God while desiring a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. In Revelation 22, Jesus declares, “I am the root and the offspring of David.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Jesus is identified as the descendant of David and Abraham.(Matthew 1)
- David fathers Solomon.(Matthew 1)
- With: Solomon
- “and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;”
- David entered the house of God and ate the shewbread.(Matthew 12 · 📍 the house of God)
- “How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread”
- Jesus challenges the claim that Christ is merely David’s son by citing David calling him Lord.(Matthew 22)
- With: Jesus
- “If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?”
- David prophesied that Christ would rise without bodily corruption.(Acts 2)
- With: Jesus
- “He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.”
- Jesus reveals himself as David’s root and offspring.(Revelation 22)
- With: Jesus
- “I am the root and the offspring of David”
Matthew 1
- parent: Jesse “And Jesse begat David the king;”
- child: Solomon “and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;”
- with Jesus (David is identified as an ancestor of Jesus.) “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
Matthew 12
- child: Jesus “Is not this the son of David?”
Matthew 22
- child: Jesus (Jesus is identified in the chapter as Christ, the son of David.) “They say unto him, The son of David.”
Mark 12
- with Jesus (David calls Christ/Jesus Lord.) “David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?”
- with Holy Ghost (David speaks by the Holy Ghost.) “For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
Luke 1
- child: Jesus “and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:”
Luke 2
- with Joseph the husband of Mary (Joseph is described as belonging to the house and lineage of David.) “because he was of the house and lineage of David:”
- with Joseph the husband of Mary (Joseph is described as being of David's house and lineage.) “Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)”
Luke 3
- child: Nathan “which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David”
Luke 20
- child: Jesus (Christ is canonicalized to Jesus.) “How say they that Christ is David’s son?”
- with Jesus (David is described as calling Christ Lord; Christ is canonicalized to Jesus.) “David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?”
Acts 2
- covenanter: God (God swore an oath to David concerning his lineage.) “Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;”
- with Jesus (David prophesied concerning Christ's resurrection.) “He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.”
Acts 4
- with God (God spoke through David.) “Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?”
Acts 7
- with God (David found favour before God and desired to build a tabernacle.) “Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.”
Acts 13
- with Jesus (Jesus is described as arising from David's seed.) “Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:”
Romans 1
- child: Jesus (Jesus is described as descended from David.) “Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;”
Revelation 22
- with Jesus (Jesus is identified as David's offspring.) “I am the root and the offspring of David”
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Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.