When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; but my loving kindness shall not […]
⛓ Read 2 Samuel 7 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion8
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign... forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom' is built on the Davidic covenant of 2 Samuel 7:12-16, where God establishes David's offspring and 'his throne forever.' High volume (throne, forever, kingdom, father David) and the foundational role of Nathan's oracle make this the primary source.
High confidenceJoseph belongs 'to the house and family of David,' and Jesus is born in David's city, activating Nathan's oracle of an everlasting Davidic throne. Coherence with Gabriel's earlier promise (1:32-33, intra-Lukan) shows Luke reading the Nathan dynastic covenant as availability; volume here is the repeated 'David' framing across vv. 4-11.
High confidenceThe blind man's confession 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me' invokes the Davidic covenant promise of an everlasting throne to David's offspring, identifying Jesus as the messianic Son of David. The title is the theological hinge of the healing, set en route to Jerusalem. High coherence with Luke's royal Christology.
High confidenceBartimaeus hails Jesus as 'Son of David,' invoking the Davidic covenant promise of an everlasting throne to David's offspring. The acclamation is messianic, identifying Jesus as the promised royal heir as he approaches Jerusalem. The title's covenantal weight and its placement before the entry give the allusion high Volume.
High confidence'Son of David' invokes the Nathan dynastic oracle promising David an everlasting throne and a seed whose kingdom God will establish forever. Volume: 'son of David' is a loaded royal-messianic title; recurrence is heavy in Matthew (9:27; 12:23; 15:22; 20:30-31; 21:9, 15; 22:42-45). Thematic coherence high — the genealogy is constructed to certify Jesus' Davidic, royal legitimacy.
High confidenceThe Davidic covenant promising David an everlasting offspring/throne is the root of the title 'Son of David' the blind men cry. Matthew's recurring Davidic christology (1:1) is voiced precisely by those seeking mercy and sight.
High confidenceThe Davidic covenant promising an eternal son/throne — basis for the Gentile woman's address 'Lord, you son of David' (Mt 15:22), a messianic title.
Medium confidence'Son of David, have mercy on us!' (20:30-31) invokes the Davidic covenant promise of an everlasting throne to David's seed; the blind confess Jesus as the messianic Son of David.
Medium confidenceEcho4
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The crowd hails 'the coming kingdom of our father David,' invoking the Davidic covenant promise of an enduring throne and kingdom for David's offspring. The Davidic-dynastic frame of the entry coheres with Nathan's oracle, the foundational text for messianic kingship, though Mark cites no words from it.
Medium confidenceThe crowd's 'Can this be the son of David?' invokes the Davidic-messianic hope of the dynastic promise; Matthew frames Jesus' exorcisms as evidence of Davidic/messianic identity.
Medium confidenceThe repeated acclamation 'son of David' (21:9) invokes the Davidic covenant promise of an everlasting throne to David's offspring, framing Jesus' entry as the coming of the promised Davidic king.
Medium confidenceRouting the line through David and his son Nathan invokes the Davidic covenant promise of an everlasting royal seed (2 Samuel 7), the messianic substructure of the genealogy. Thematic rather than verbal here; low and contested.
Low confidence