King David's Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                      

                 Youngest of 7 boys, he was said to be a gingy;  red haired like the color of ginger.  He had 8 wives:  Michal, Ahinoam, Abigail, Maachah, Haggith, Abital, Egiah and Bathsheba and 18+ children: 

 including: Amnon, Chileab, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, Ithream, Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Jerimoth, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, Eliphalet, and daughter Tamar.  

King David is fascinating.  His genealogy is even more so.  He comes from the tribe of Judah, which was fathered by Judah, 3rd son of Jacob and Leah, father of 12 sons and a daughter by 2 sisters and 2 handmaids of the sisters.  He reigned as king from 1010 BCE to 970 BCE, being 25 when he served King Saul as his armor-bearer, so he was born about 1035 BCE.  That was 3,057 years ago.   Jews and Christians both say that the Messiah will be from the House of David.  For Jews, this is to be their first; for Christians, their second for they see Jesus as having David as an ancestor.  

His father was Jesse who was the grandson of Ruth and Boaz. Jesse's children were Abigail and Zeruiah, the girls, and Eliab, Shimea, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem and David.  David was the youngest.   

  Movie of David and  Bathsheba with Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward 1951.  

David was born in Bethlehem, which is 5.25 miles South of Jerusalem.  It's also the background of the Book of Ruth. 

Christians claim that Jesus was related to King David, and he was said to have been born in Bethlehem.  The book of "Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite;  both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham. "  Most scholars believe the gospel was composed between AD 80 and 90, with a range of possibility between AD 70 to 110; a pre-70 date remains a minority view. The work does not identify its author, and the early tradition attributing it to the apostle Matthew is rejected by modern scholars. He was probably a male Jew, standing on the margin between traditional and non-traditional Jewish values, and familiar with technical legal aspects of scripture being debated in his time. Writing in a polished Semitic "synagogue Greek", he drew on the Gospel of Mark as a source, plus the hypothetical collection of sayings known as the Q source (material shared with Luke but not with Mark) and material unique to his own community, called the M source or "Special Matthew".The point is that it was most likely not written by Matthew but as much as 100 years after the fact, writing in Greek, most likely as Hellenized Jew. He was writing for a Greek audience.   

Christians trace the lineage to #27 as King Josiah (637-608 BCE of Judah and from there to  the chart below; but reference is only found in the New Testament.  Christians have a Jeconiah, who Jews called Jehoiachin (597)-king at 18 for 3 months and 10 days, (exiled to Babylon); , but Jewish records show Jehoahaz-son of Josiah (608);  then Jehoiakim(608-598); son Jehoiachin (598-597) Zedekiah (597-586), all BCE.-son of Josiah, last of the kings.  He was originally called Mattaniah but when appointed king, changed his name to Zedekiah.  All his sons were killed, done in front of him;  then made a prisoner in Babylon till he died.   (II Kings 25;  Jer 52) 

After Josiah, the names and order of Kings are completely different from Jewish records that are in the Old Testament (Tanakh). 

27.Josiah 28. Jeconiah

Shealtiel Zerubbabel Abiud Eliakim Azor Zadok Achim Eliud Eleazar Matthan Jacob Joseph #36Jesus

#34 Zadok was a priest (Cohen), a descendant of Aaron, brother of Moses.  and became David's chief priest or high priest.  Solomon appointed Zadock's son a high priest in the Temple and from that time the high priesthoo remained in the Zadokite family until the period of the Hasmonean rising.  Zadok sons mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls could actually be connected to this line.  Also the name of one of the Pharisees who with Judah the Galilean, founded the Sect of Zealots in 6 CE.

#35 Achim (German pronunciation: [ˈaxiːm]) is the German short name for Joachim or Jehoiakim (Hebrew meaning "he whom Jehovah has set up"). In the Bible, Achim is mentioned in Jesus' genealogy as the son of Zadok and father of Eliud (Mt 1:14).

#36   Eliud, legendary king of the Britons. Eliud (biblical figure), son of Achim in the New Testament bible, Matthew 1:14.

Eleazar?  We've had 2 well-known Eleazars.  One was the 3rd son and successor of Aaron, brother of Moses.  The high priests of Zadok were descended from Eleazar.  The other Eleazar died in 163 BCE and was a Hasmonean warrior, brother of Judah the Maccabee. Then there have been a lot of other Eleazar ben....; a very popular name.  

This section goes through Joseph's great-grandfather Eleazar, grandfather #38 Matthan, and father #39 Jacob. None of these figures are mentioned anywhere other than in Matthew and nothing else is known about them. As with most of the later section of Matthew's genealogy it conflicts with that given in Luke 3. There is some similarity in this passage Matthew gives Joseph's grandfather as Matthan and Luke as Matthat, the other names, however, are wholly different. Eleazar was a common Old Testament name, appearing many times in that work.

Robert H. Gundry, who is highly skeptical of the earlier parts of Matthew's genealogy, believes that these later figures are likely accurate as it is unlikely no one would know who Joseph's father and grandfather were. Even if the author of Matthew did not know their names it is unlikely he would risk being creative as he could be fairly sure that somebody would spot his error. Gundry posits that #37 Eleazar is the last fictional creation and that #38 Matthan and #39 Jacob were real people.

David (1035-970 BCE) and Jesus (If he was born in 6 or 5 BCE, as is most likely, Jesus would have been approximately thirty-two to thirty-four years old in late CE 28 until CE 30, which falls well within the range of him being “about thirty years of age.”  

Therefore, Jesus was born 1,030 years after David.

How could the writer of Matthew  have done 

research on Jesus's genealogy to connect directly with David?

Actually, we Jews have become an endogamic people.  David 

had 6 brothers who would have been married with children.

David had many wives and children, the most prolific being 

Solomon who was said to have 1,000 wives and concubines.

Chances are that all of us Jews are carrying some of David's

genes, if they could last that long, and Jesus (a Greek name for

Joshua)  came along only 1,000 years after the fact, so was 

much closer in time than we are.  There's a fair chance that 

those people of Bethlehem  were related   if they had been

there for many generations.  

Mohammad (570-632) is the prophet of Islam.  Muslims also

 know of David.  David is mentioned several times in the Quran with the Arabic name داود, Dāwūd or Dā'ūd, often with his son Solomon.  Muslim tradition and the hadith stress David's zeal in daily prayer as well as in fasting. Quran commentators, historians and compilers of the numerous Stories of the Prophets elaborate upon David's concise quranic narratives and specifically mention David's gift in singing his Psalms as well as his beautiful recitation and vocal talents. His voice is described as having had a captivating power, weaving its influence not only over man but over all beasts and nature, who would unite with him to praise God.

  In 1948, Bethlehem had 10,000 population (7,500 Christians, 2,500 Muslims).  That's because from 1948 to 1967, Bethlehem was under Jordanian rule and all Israelis were kept out.  In the Six Day War, it was won back; taken by Israel.  The IDF had regained this ancient city.  By 1968, it had 32,000 population.  Its population is approximately 25,000, and it is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate of the "proposed" State of Palestine.

 On the following tree, David is #11.  All genealogy is from the Tanakh with Chronicles I and II dealing with genealogy and having much information.  

Descendants of Judah:

1  Judah

.... +Tamar

2  Perez

... 3  [12] Hezron

......... +Unnamed

...... 4  Ram "Aram"

......... 5  Amminadab

........... 6  Nahshon b: 1465

.............. 7  [6] Elimelech b: 1934 in Bethlehem

.................... +[5] NAOMI b: 1934 in Bethlehem

................. 8  [7] Mahlon

....................... +[8] RUTH of Royalty b: in Moab d: in Bethlehem

................. 8  [9] Chilion b: in Bethlehem

....................... +[10] Orpah b: in Moab

.............. 7  [1] kinsman of Naomi; Boaz  b: 1935

................. 8  [2] father of Jesse Obed

.................... 9  [3] father of David Jesse

....................... 10  [4] Eliab b: 1010

.............. 7  Salma SALMON

................. 8  [1] kinsman of Naomi; Boaz  b: 1935

.................... 9  [2] father of Jesse Obed

....................... 10  [3] father of David Jesse

......................... 11  [4] Eliab b: 1010

................. 8  son of Salmon (Naomi's father) b: 1933

.................... 9  [5] NAOMI b: 1934 in Bethlehem

.......................... +[6] Elimelech b: 1934 in Bethlehem

....................... 10  [7] Mahlon

............................. +[8] RUTH of Royalty b: in Moab d: in Bethlehem

....................... 10  [9] Chilion b: in Bethlehem

............................. +[10] Orpah b: in Moab

.................... +Milkah

................. 8  kinsman of Naomi Boaz b: in Bethlehem

....................... +[8] RUTH of Royalty b: in Moab d: in Bethlehem

.................... 9  Oved Obed b: in 11th century BCE

....................... 10  father of David, JESSE b: in Bethlehem d: in J1 ?

............................. +Ithra's Daughter d: in father J1-Arab line

......................... 11  Abigail

............................... +Jether the Ishmaelite

......................... 11  Zeruiah

......................... 11  [4] Eliab b: 1010

......................... 11  Shimea b: 1013

......................... 11  Nethanel b: 1014

......................... 11  Raddai b: 1015

......................... 11  Ozem b: 1016

......................... 11  [11] King of Israel David reigned 1030 in 1000 BCE Bethlehem d: in 960 BCE

............................... +MICHAL EGLAH b: 1040 m: 1059 m: 1059

......................... *2nd Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Michal Eglah m: 1059 m: 1059

......................... *3rd Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +2nd Wife Abigail b: 1045 in Carmelite m: 1065 m: 1065

......................... *4th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Bathsheba b: 1050 in Giloh, Judah m: 1070 m: 1070

......................... *5th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Maachah From Geshur m: 1075 m: 1075

......................... *6th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Merab m: 1076 m: 1076

......................... *7th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Haggith m: 1077 m: 1077

......................... *Partner of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Abital m: 1078 m: 1078

......................... *8th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Maacah m: 1089 m: 1089

......................... *9th Wife of [11] King of Israel David:

............................... +Ahinoam of Jezreel m: 1091 m: 1091

...... 4  Jerahmeel

...... 4  Chelubal Caled

... *2nd Wife of [12] Hezron:

......... +daughter of Makir Abijah

...... 4  Segub

...... 4  Ashhur

... 3  Zerah

2  twin of Perez Zereh

Resource:

The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, 1992, 7th edition

Tanakh, Torah, Old Testament,  Stone Edition; my research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus#:~:text=Matthew%20begins%20by%20calling%20Jesus,to%20David%20and%20to%20Abraham.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew-New Testament

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David