Matthew 1:6
New International Version
and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

New Living Translation
Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).

English Standard Version
and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

Berean Standard Bible
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

Berean Literal Bible
and Jesse begat David the king. Next: David begat Solomon, out of the wife of Uriah,

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

New King James Version
and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

New American Standard Bible
Jesse fathered David the king. David fathered Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

NASB 1995
Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

NASB 1977
and to Jesse was born David the king. And to David was born Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.

Amplified Bible
Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

Christian Standard Bible
and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and Jesse fathered King David. Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

American Standard Version
and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Jesse begot David the King, David begot Solomon from the wife of Uriah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.

English Revised Version
and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Jesse] the father of King David. [David] and [Uriah's wife][Bathsheba] were the father and mother of Solomon.

International Standard Version
and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

Literal Standard Version
and Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah’s,

Majority Standard Bible
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David the king was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

New American Bible
Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.

NET Bible
and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),

New Revised Standard Version
and Jesse the father of King David. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

New Heart English Bible
and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

Weymouth New Testament
Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's widow)

World English Bible
Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's,

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Context
The Genealogy of Jesus
5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife, 7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 11:27
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.

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

Matthew 1:5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jesse.

Ruth 4:22
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

1 Samuel 16:1,11-13
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons…

1 Samuel 17:12,58
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul…

Solomon.

2 Samuel 12:24,25
And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him…

1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

1 Chronicles 14:4
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

her.

2 Samuel 11:3,26,27
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? …

1 Kings 1:11-17,28-31
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? …

1 Kings 15:5
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Urias.

2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

1 Chronicles 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

Uriah.

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(6) The wife of Urias.--Once again we have the mention of a woman who at least played a memorable part in the history of Israel. As this is the last of such names in the genealogy, it may be well to deal with the question whether any special purpose can be traced in the selection, beyond that of noting points of interest. Nothing can carry us beyond probable conjectures; but, within those limits, it is at least suggestive that all the names are those of women who, either as of heathen origin (Bathsheba, like her husband, was probably a Hittite), or by personal guilt, were as those whom the strict judgment of the Pharisee excluded from his fellowship. St. Matthew may have meant men to draw the inference that, as these women were not excluded from the honour of being in the Messiah's line of ancestry, so others like them would not be shut out from fellowship with His kingdom.

Verse 6. - David the king. The mention of David's royal position seems made here because at this point the line of the Messiah first becomes connected with the royal house. At the time when Saul was made king the people chose to have him in opposition to the Divine will; but giving them next as king a man after his own heart, God uses the offence of his people so that it shall become a channel of blessing, and from this king Christ himself shall be born. Of her that had been the wife of Urias. It is not easy to see why Bathsheba is spoken of thus indirectly, as her own name was certainly better known, and is more frequently mentioned in the Old Testament than Uriah's. The phrase seems to call attention most pointedly to David's sin. and that too in a sentence where his kingly dignity has just been markedly emphasized. The way in which God dealt with David and his sin is very parallel to that in which he dealt with the Israelites after their choice of Saul. David's first child, like the Israelites' first king, finds not God's blessing; but the second child is the pledge of peace with God (Solomon) - is Jedidiah, "the beloved of the Lord," as David the second king was the man after God's own heart. She that had been the wife of Uriah, after David's repentance becomes Solomon's mother. Up to this point the genealogies in St. Matthew and St. Luke have entirely accorded, but with the mention of Solomon we come upon a variation, which continues till the union of the two forms of the pedigree in Salathiel ( Shealtiel, Revised Ver-zion), the father of Zerubbabel. In St. Matthew the line which is followed is the succession of the kings of Judah from Solomon to Jehoiachin ( Jechonias) . St. Luke mentions, after David, his son Nathan (of whom we find a notice in 1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Samuel 5:14), and then passes on through a series of nineteen names, none of which is found in other parts of Scripture as belonging to the race of David. We have nothing, therefore, with which to compare them; but in number they correspond very nearly with the known descendants in the line of Solo,non, so that, although we cannot verify the names, the list bears upon its face the appearance of being derived from some duly kept record of the pedigree of Nathan, the son of David.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Jesse
Ἰεσσαὶ (Iessai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2421: (Hebrew), Jesse, son of Obed, and father of King David. Of Hebrew origin; Jessae, an Israelite.

the father of
ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

king.
βασιλέα (basilea)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 935: A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.

Next:
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

David
Δαυὶδ (Dauid)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1138: David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.

was the father of
ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

Solomon
Σολομῶνα (Solomōna)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4672: Solomon, son of David King of Israel, and Bathsheba. Of Hebrew origin; Solomon, the son of David.

by
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

Uriah’s
Οὐρίου (Ouriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3774: Uriah, husband of Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. Of Hebrew origin; Urias, a Hittite.

[wife],
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.


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