Bible Strands
Matthew 1:6
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Matthew compiles a genealogical record for a Jewish audience tracing Joseph’s ancestral line. The verse occurs mid-list, bridging the judges’ era to the united monarchy.
The words — ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen) literally means “begat” or “fathered,” marking a direct paternal link. βασιλέα (basilea) identifies David specifically as king, distinguishing him from other figures in the list.
The thread — Jesse’s fathering of David appears in 1 Samuel 17:12, while the birth of Solomon by Uriah’s wife is recorded in 2 Samuel 12:24. Matthew’s genealogy compresses these historical markers into a single generational chain.
Why it lands — The text states David’s royal status and Solomon’s controversial origin without commentary. It requires the reader to accept that the Messiah’s lineage includes both honored kings and flawed human relationships.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 17:12 Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 1 Kings 15:5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- 2 Samuel 12:24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
- 2 Samuel 23:1 These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- 1 Samuel 16:1 Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
- 2 Samuel 11:26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
- Ruth 4:22 Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
- 1 Samuel 16:11 And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
- 1 Samuel 17:58 “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- 1 Chronicles 2:15 Ozem sixth, and David seventh.