House of David
David's line runs both ways: back through Boaz and Ruth to Judah, and forward through Solomon and the kings of Judah toward the exile. This tree follows every recorded parent-child link in that family, from his ancestors to his royal descendants.
Read the passages
Two passages record this line in the text itself: Ruth 4 traces Pharez forward to David, 1 Chronicles 3 continues it through the kings of Judah.
Ruth 4:18–22
18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Read Ruth 41 Chronicles 3:10–16
10And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
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Pharez to the Exile
The direct line Ruth 4 and 1 Chronicles 3 each name in full: ten generations from Pharez to David, then fourteen more through the kings of Judah down to the Babylonian exile.
Generations as a Timeline
The same family tree as above, laid out left to right: one column per generation, oldest ancestors farthest right.
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