King David & the Davidic Covenant

David is a biblical figure in Generation 33 of the Messianic Line, child of Jesse, parent of Ammon, Daniel, Absolom, Adinijah, Shephatiah. (Ruth 4:22, 1 Chronicles 2:15)

1 Kings (Old Testament, 22 chapters). Key figures: David, Jacob/Israel, Zeruiah, Zadok, Nathan, Shimei. Key places: Gihon 2, Bahurim, Mahanaim, Jordan, Hebron, Jerusalem. Opens with: "Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat...."

Solomon is a biblical figure in Generation 34 of the Messianic Line, child of David, parent of Rehoboam. (1 Chronicles 3:5, Matthew 1:6)

Matthew (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah, David, Abram/Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Judah. Key places: Aram, Rahab, Babylon, Bethlehem 1, Jerusalem, Egypt. Opens with: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham...."

Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram-Damascus that explicitly references the 'House of David' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah.

2 Samuel (Old Testament, 24 chapters). Key figures: Saul, David, Amalekites, Jacob/Israel, Jonathan, Judah. Key places: Ziklag, Gilboa, Gath, Ashkelon, Hebron, Jabesh. Opens with: "Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Z..."

Nathan is a biblical figure in Generation 34 of the Messianic Line, child of David, parent of Mattatha. (1 Chronicles 3:5, Luke 3:31)

1 Samuel (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Ephraim, Elkanah, Jeroham, Zuph, Eli, Phinehas. Key places: Ephraim, Shiloh, Ramah 1, Egypt, Dan, Aphek 2. Opens with: "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son o..."