Editing Davidic line (section)

{{Short description|Lineage of the Israelite king David}}
{{redirect|House of David}}
{{Royal house
| surname = House of David
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|בֵּית דָּוִד}}|rtl=yes}}}}
| estate = [[Land of Israel]]
| native_name_lang = he
| coat of arms = Star of David.svg
| country = [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Israel and Judah]] ({{circa|1010 BCE–930 BCE)}}<br />[[Kingdom of Judah]] ({{circa|930 BCE–587 BCE}})
| titles = {{bulletedlist|[[Kings of Israel and Judah|King of Israel]]|[[Kings of Judah|King of Judah]]}}
| founder = [[David]] (traditional)
| origin = [[Tribe of Judah]]
| final ruler = [[Zedekiah]]
}}
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The '''Davidic line''' refers to the descendants of [[David]], who established the '''House of David''' ({{Langx|he|בֵּית דָּוִד}} {{Transliteration|he|Bēt Dāwīḏ}}) in the [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Israel and Judah]]. In [[Judaism]], the lineage is based on texts from the [[Hebrew Bible]], as well as on later [[Jewish history|Jewish traditions]].

According to the biblical narrative, David of the [[Tribe of Judah]] engaged in a protracted conflict with [[Ish-bosheth]] of the [[Tribe of Benjamin]] after the latter succeeded his father [[Saul]] to become the second king of an amalgamated [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|Israel and Judah]]. Amidst this struggle, [[Yahweh|God]] had sent his prophet [[Samuel]] to anoint David as the true king of the [[Israelites]]. Following Ish-bosheth's assassination at the hands of his own army captains, David officially acceded to the throne around 1010 BCE, replacing the [[House of Saul]] with his own and becoming the country's third<!--Do NOT change this to "second"--> king.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carr |first1=David M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzHhuvuEQxQC&pg=PA58 |title=An Introduction to the Old Testament: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts of the Hebrew Bible |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-44435623-6 |page=58 |access-date=2020-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131758/https://books.google.com/books?id=OzHhuvuEQxQC&pg=PA58 |archive-date=2020-10-11 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Falk |first1=Avner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z10-Xz9Kno4C&pg=PA115 |title=A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews |date=1996 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-0-83863660-2 |page=115 |access-date=2020-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131816/https://books.google.com/books?id=z10-Xz9Kno4C&pg=PA115 |archive-date=2020-10-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was succeeded by his son [[Solomon]], whose mother was [[Bathsheba]]. Solomon's death led to the rejection of the House of David by most of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]], with only Judah and Benjamin remaining loyal: the dissenters chose [[Jeroboam]] as their monarch and formed the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] in the north ([[Samaria]]); while the loyalists kept Solomon's son [[Rehoboam]] as their monarch and formed the [[Kingdom of Judah]] in the south ([[Judea]]). With the success of [[Jeroboam's Revolt]] having severed Israel's connection to the House of David, only the Judahite monarchs, except [[Athaliah]], were part of the Davidic line.

In the aftermath of the [[Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)|Babylonian siege of Jerusalem]] around 587 BCE, [[Solomon's Temple]] was destroyed and the Kingdom of Judah fell to the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]. Nearly 450 years later, the [[Hasmonean dynasty]] established the first independent Jewish kingdom since the Babylonian conquest, though it was not considered to be connected to the Davidic line nor to the Tribe of Judah.

In [[Jewish eschatology]], the [[Messiah in Judaism|Messiah]] ({{Lang|he|מָשִׁיחַ|rtl=yes}}) will be a Jewish king whose paternal bloodline traces to David. He is expected to rule over the [[Jews|Jewish people]] during the [[Messianic Age]] and in the [[world to come]].<ref name="schochet moshiah ben yossef2">{{cite web |last=Schochet |first=Rabbi Prof. Dr. Jacob Immanuel |title=Moshiach ben Yossef |url=http://www.moshiach.com/discover/tutorials/moshiach_ben_yossef.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220182918/http://www.moshiach.com/discover/tutorials/moshiach_ben_yossef.php |archive-date=20 December 2002 |access-date=2 December 2012 |work=Tutorial |publisher=moshiach.com}}</ref><ref name="JVL messiah2">{{cite web |last=Blidstein |first=Prof. Dr. Gerald J. |title=Messiah in Rabbinic Thought |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0014_0_13744.html |access-date=2 December 2012 |work=MESSIAH |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library and Encyclopaedia Judaica 2008 The Gale Group}}</ref><ref name="JVL The Messiah2">{{cite web |last=Telushkin |first=Joseph |title=The Messiah |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/messiah.html |access-date=2 December 2012 |publisher=The Jewish Virtual Library Jewish Literacy. NY: William Morrow and Co., 1991. Reprinted by permission of the author.}}</ref>