Shepherd, poet, king · United monarchy, c. 1010–970 BC
David in the Bible
David is anointed as a shepherd boy, kills Goliath, spends years as a fugitive from Saul, and unites the tribes with his capital at Jerusalem. The covenant promising him an everlasting throne, and the psalms attributed to him, make his name the one the New Testament reaches for when it calls Jesus 'son of David'.
Verses mentioning David
1,161 occurrences across 969 verses in the King James Version.
- Matthew 21:9
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Read in context - Matthew 21:15
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
Read in context - Matthew 22:42
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
Read in context - Matthew 22:43
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Read in context - Matthew 22:45
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Read in context - Mark 2:25
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Read in context - Mark 10:47
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Read in context - Mark 10:48
And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Read in context - Mark 11:10
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
Read in context - Mark 12:35
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
Read in context - Mark 12:36
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Read in context - Mark 12:37
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Read in context - Luke 1:27
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Read in context - Luke 1:32
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Read in context - Luke 1:69
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Read in context - Luke 2:4
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
Read in context - Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Read in context - Luke 3:31
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
Read in context - Luke 6:3
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Read in context - Luke 18:38
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Read in context - Luke 18:39
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Read in context - Luke 20:41
And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
Read in context - Luke 20:42
And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Read in context - Luke 20:44
David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
Read in context - John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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