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Matthew 1:6

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And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
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  1. 1 Kings 15:5Rank 1 from verse 6
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    5Because 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.

  2. 1 Samuel 17:12Rank 2 from verse 6
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    12¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

  3. 1 Samuel 16:1Rank 3 from verse 6
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    1AND 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 Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

  4. 2 Samuel 11:26–27Rank 4 from verse 6
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    26¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

    27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

  5. 2 Samuel 12:24–25Rank 5 from verse 6
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    24¶ And David comforted Bath-sheba 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.

    25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

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Matthew 1:6

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

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7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

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