Matthew 1:6

Which verses does Matthew 1:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 1 Samuel 17:125 votes

   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.

2. 1 Kings 15:55 votes

   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.

3. 2 Samuel 12:24–254 votes

   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 and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

4. 2 Samuel 23:14 votes

   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:

5. 1 Samuel 16:13 votes

   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.”

6. 2 Samuel 11:26–273 votes

   When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

7. Ruth 4:222 votes

   Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

8. 1 Samuel 16:11–132 votes

   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.” So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.” …

9. 1 Samuel 17:582 votes

   “Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

10. 1 Chronicles 2:152 votes

    Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

11. 1 Chronicles 3:52 votes
12. 1 Chronicles 11:412 votes
13. 1 Chronicles 14:42 votes
14. 1 Samuel 20:30–311 vote
15. 1 Samuel 22:81 vote
16. 2 Samuel 11:31 vote
17. 2 Samuel 23:391 vote
18. 1 Kings 1:11–171 vote
19. 1 Chronicles 28:51 vote
20. Psalm 72:201 vote

Which verses point to Matthew 1:6?

The 10 strongest of 21.

• Isaiah 11:1 11
• Genesis 17:6 8
• Ruth 4:18 6
• Ruth 4:14 5
• 2 Samuel 12:24 5
• Romans 9:5 5
• Luke 3:32 4
• 1 Samuel 17:12 3
• 2 Samuel 23:39 3
• Luke 2:4 3