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David and Joseph

How David and Joseph are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.

How they are linked

  • David was an ancestor of Joseph.

    Matthew traces the line from David to "Joseph the husband of Mary", and the angel called him "Joseph, thou son of David". Luke says he was "of the house and lineage of David".

    David the king begat Solomon

    Matthew 1:6, King James Version

    Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary

    Matthew 1:16, King James Version

    Joseph, thou son of David

    Matthew 1:20, King James Version

    because he was of the house and lineage of David

    Luke 2:4, King James Version

    Where they cross: Matthew 1:20

Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.

Every passage, in order

Matthew 1:6

6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

Matthew 1:16

16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 1:20

20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Luke 2:4

4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

King James Version

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