12 ^bWhen your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, ^cI will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body,¹ and I will establish his kingdom.

The Lord’s Eternal Covenant with David

14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous ^kBranch to spring up for David, and he shall execute ^ljustice and righteousness in the land.

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about ^jthirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the ^kson of David,