Every person on the King David family tree
Each person on the King David family tree has a row with the verses that name the relationship.
| Portrait | Person | In the sources | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|
 | JesseFather of David | Grandson of Boaz and Ruth, with eight sons. | Find on the chart |
| E | EliabFirstborn of Jesse | Samuel first took him for the chosen one. | Find on the chart |
| A | AbinadabSecond son of Jesse | Followed Saul to the war with the Philistines. | Find on the chart |
| S | ShammahThird son of Jesse | Called Shimma in 1 Chronicles 2:13. | Find on the chart |
 | King DavidKing of Israel | Youngest son of Jesse, king in Hebron and Jerusalem. | Find on the chart |
 | MichalFirst wife | Daughter of King Saul, who had no child. | Find on the chart |
| A | AhinoamWife of David | Of Jezreel, the mother of the firstborn. | Find on the chart |
 | AbigailWife of David | Widow of Nabal the Carmelite. | Find on the chart |
| M | MaacahWife of David | Daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| H | HaggithWife of David | Mother of Adonijah. | Find on the chart |
 | BathshebaWife of David | Widow of Uriah, mother of Solomon and Nathan. | Find on the chart |
 | AmnonFirstborn of David | Killed by Absalom’s servants. | Find on the chart |
| C | ChileabSecond son | Called Daniel in 1 Chronicles 3:1. | Find on the chart |
| A | AbsalomThird son | Rebelled against his father and was killed. | Find on the chart |
 | TamarDaughter of David | Full sister of Absalom. | Find on the chart |
| A | AdonijahFourth son | Claimed the throne and was put to death by Solomon. | Find on the chart |
| N | NathanSon of Bathsheba | Not Nathan the prophet. Luke 3:31 runs the line of Jesus through him. | Find on the chart |
 | King SolomonSon and heir of David | Anointed king while his father lived. | Find on the chart |
 | RehoboamKing of Judah | Son of Solomon and Naamah the Ammonitess. Sources15 | Find on the chart |
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- MLA“The King David Family Tree, from Jesse to Rehoboam.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/king-david-family-tree.
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The files are drawn in this browser from the chart of the article, with the credit of every portrait under it.
Sources
Every source of this King David family tree was opened on 10 November 2026. The chart uses common English spellings where the King James Version has Maachah or Bathshua.
Bible Gateway
- 1 Samuel 16, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 17, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 18, King James Version
- 1 Samuel 25, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 3, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 5, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 6, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 11, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 12, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 13, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 17, King James Version
- 2 Samuel 18, King James Version
- 1 Kings 1, King James Version
- 1 Kings 2, King James Version
- 1 Kings 14, King James Version
- 1 Chronicles 2, King James Version
- 1 Chronicles 3, King James Version
- Ruth 4, King James Version
- Matthew 1, King James Version
- Luke 3, King James Version
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Jesse, Circle of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, 1500.
- King David, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622.
- Michal, James Tissot, 1896.
- Abigail, Peter Paul Rubens, 1630.
- Bathsheba, Rembrandt, 1654.
- Amnon, Guercino, 1649.
- Tamar, Guercino, 1649.
- King Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866.
- Rehoboam, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1530.
- The Anointing of David by Samuel, painted by Félix-Joseph Barrias in 1842, with Jesse seated at the left and the elder brothers behind, Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1842.
