Editing Davidic line (section)

==In other Abrahamic religions==

=== Christianity ===
In the [[Christianity|Christian]] interpretation the "[[Covenant (biblical)#Davidic covenant|Davidic covenant]]" of a Davidic line in [[2 Samuel]] 7 is understood in various ways, traditionally referring to the [[Genealogy of Jesus|genealogies of Jesus]] in the [[New Testament]]. One Christian interpretation of the Davidic line counts the line as continuing to [[Jesus]]  son of [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]], according to the genealogies which are written in [[Matthew 1]]:1-16 descendants of Solomon and [[Luke 3]]:23-38 descendants of Nathan son of David through the line of Mary.

Because Jews have historically believed that the Messiah will be a male-line descendant of David, the lineage of Jesus is sometimes cited as a reason why Jews do not believe that he was the Messiah. As the proposed son of God, he could not have been a male descendant of David because according to the genealogy of his earthly parents, Mary and Joseph, he did not have the proper lineage, because he would not have been a male descendant of Mary, and Joseph, who was a descendant of [[Jeconiah]], because Jeconiah's descendants are explicitly barred from ever ruling Israel by God.<ref>This is what the LORD says: 'Record this man as if he is childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none of them will sit on the throne of David or rule in Judah anymore.— Jeremiah 22:30, NIV</ref>

Another Christian interpretation emphasizes the minor, non-royal, line of David through [[Solomon]]'s brother [[Nathan (son of David)|Nathan]] as it is recorded in the [[Gospel of Luke]] [[Luke 3|chapter 3]] (entirely undocumented in the Hebrew Bible), which is often understood to be the family tree of Mary's father. A widely spread traditional Christian interpretation relates the non-continuation of the main Davidic line from Solomon to the godlessness of the line of [[Jehoiachin]] which started in the early 500s BC, when [[Jeremiah]] cursed the main branch of the Solomonic line, by saying that no descendant of "[Je]Coniah" would ever reign on the throne of Israel again ([[Jeremiah 22:30]]).<ref>H. Wayne House ''Israel: Land and the People'' 1998 114 "And yet, Judah has also been without a king of the Solomonic line since the Babylonian exile. Because of Jeremiah's curse on Jehoiachin (Coniah) in the early 500s BC (Jer. 22:30), the high priests of Israel, while serving as the ..."</ref> Some Christian commentators also believe that this same "curse" is the reason why [[Zerubbabel]], the rightful Solomonic king during the time of [[Nehemiah]], was not given a kingship under the [[Persian empire]].<ref>Warren W. Wiersbe -The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: The Complete Old Testament - 2007 p. 1497 "Zerubbabel was the grandson of King Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Matt. 1:12; Coniah, Jer. 22:24, 28), and therefore of the royal line of David. But instead of wearing a crown and sitting on a throne, Zerubbabel was the humble governor of a ..."</ref>

The [[Tree of Jesse]] (a reference to David's father) is a traditional Christian artistic representation of Jesus' genealogical connection to David.

=== Islam ===
The [[Quran]] mentions the House of David once: "Work, O family of David, in gratitude. And few of My servants are grateful."<ref>Quran 34:13</ref> and mentions David himself sixteen times.

According to some Islamic sources, some of the [[Jewish tribes of Arabia|Jewish settlers in Arabia]] were of the Davidic line, Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi recorded: "A Jewish man from the Davidic line entered [[Medina]] and found the people in deep sorrow. He enquired the people, 'What is wrong?' Some of the people replied: [[Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]] passed away".<ref>Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Bihār al-Anwār, Dar Al-Rida Publication, Beirut, (1983), volume 30 page 99</ref>