Figures

Every named figure.

Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.

32 of 2,781 curated matching the active filters.

Abigail (sister of David)
Abigail (sister of David)
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Sister of David; wife of Jether the Ishmaelite (or Israelite) and mother of Amasa. Distinct from Abigail wife of David (the widow of Nabal).

Abigail (wife of David)
Abigail (wife of David)
United kingdomHouse of David

Widow of Nabal of Carmel; intervened wisely to prevent David from massacring Nabal's household. Married David after Nabal's death. Mother of Daniel/Chileab. Distinct from Abigail David's sister.

Abinadab (brother of David)
Abinadab (brother of David)
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Second son of Jesse.

Abishai
Abishai
United kingdomWarriorJudahHouse of David

Son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab and Asahel; chief of the Three (or Thirty), David's most loyal mighty man. Restrained David from killing Saul; rescued David from the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob.

Abital
Abital
United kingdomHouse of David

Wife of David; mother of Shephatiah.

Absalom
Absalom
United kingdomHouse of David

Third son of David by Maacah; renowned for beauty and his hair. Killed Amnon in revenge for Tamar; later led a revolt against David. Killed by Joab while caught by his hair in an oak. Father of Maacah, mother of Abijah of Judah.

Adonijah
Adonijah
United kingdomHouse of David

Fourth son of David, eldest surviving at David's death; attempted to seize the throne with Joab and Abiathar's support during David's final illness. Solomon spared him initially; later executed him for requesting Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

Ahinoam of Jezreel
Ahinoam of Jezreel
United kingdomHouse of David

Wife of David from Jezreel of Judah; mother of Amnon, his firstborn. Distinct from Saul's wife Ahinoam.

Amasa
Amasa
United kingdomWarriorJudahHouse of David

Son of Abigail David's sister; commander of Absalom's army during the revolt. After David's restoration, replaced Joab as commander, only to be murdered by Joab.

Amnon
Amnon
United kingdomHouse of David

Firstborn of David by Ahinoam; raped his half-sister Tamar and was murdered two years later by her brother Absalom.

Asahel
Asahel
United kingdomWarriorJudahHouse of David

Son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab and Abishai; swift-footed warrior. Pursued Abner after the battle of Gibeon and was killed by him in self-defense, prompting Joab's blood-vengeance.

Bathsheba
Bathsheba

Bath-shua (1 Chr 3:5)

United kingdomqueen-motherMatriarchHouse of DavidChrist's line

Daughter of Eliam (= Ammiel?); wife of Uriah the Hittite, then of David. First child by David died in infancy. Mother of Solomon. Helped secure Solomon's succession over Adonijah. Named in Matthew 1:6 as 'her of Uriah'.

Chileab
Chileab

Daniel (1 Chr 3:1)

United kingdomHouse of David

Second son of David by Abigail. Called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3 and Daniel in 1 Chronicles 3:1; not heard from again.

David
David
70 yrs
United kingdomKingWarriorJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Eighth son of Jesse; anointed by Samuel as king. Killed Goliath; persecuted by Saul; reigned seven years over Judah at Hebron, then thirty-three years over all Israel from Jerusalem. Established Jerusalem as the capital and brought the ark there. Recipient of the everlasting covenant of dynasty (2 Samuel 7). Author of many psalms. Sinned with Bathsheba and against Uriah; repented (Psalm 51). Father of Solomon, Absalom, and many others. The 'man after Yahweh's own heart'.

Eglah
Eglah
United kingdomHouse of David

Wife of David; mother of Ithream.

Eliab (brother of David)
Eliab (brother of David)
United kingdomWarriorJudahHouse of David

Eldest son of Jesse; rebuked David at the Valley of Elah. Distinct from other figures of the same name.

Haggith
Haggith
United kingdomHouse of David

Wife of David; mother of Adonijah.

Ithream
Ithream
United kingdomHouse of David

Sixth son of David, by Eglah.

Joab
Joab
United kingdomWarriorJudahHouse of David

Son of Zeruiah; commander of David's army for most of his reign. Murdered Abner and Amasa in vengeance and political maneuvering. Engineered Uriah's death at David's instruction. Sided with Adonijah; executed at the altar by Benaiah on Solomon's order.

Maacah (daughter of Talmai)
Maacah (daughter of Talmai)
United kingdomHouse of David

Aramean princess, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; wife of David and mother of Absalom and Tamar. Distinct from later women of the same name.

Naamah the Ammonitess
Naamah the Ammonitess
United kingdomqueen-motherAmmonitesHouse of David

Ammonite wife of Solomon; mother of Rehoboam. Distinct from the Cainite Naamah.

Nathan (son of David)
Nathan (son of David)
United kingdomHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of David and Bathsheba; ancestor of Mary the mother of Jesus per Luke 3:31. Distinct from Nathan the prophet.

Nethanel (brother of David)
Nethanel (brother of David)
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Fourth son of Jesse.

Ozem
Ozem
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Sixth son of Jesse.

Raddai
Raddai
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Fifth son of Jesse.

Shammua (son of David)
Shammua (son of David)

Shimea

United kingdomHouse of David

Son of David and Bathsheba, full brother of Solomon.

Shephatiah (son of David)
Shephatiah (son of David)
United kingdomHouse of David

Fifth son of David, by Abital.

Shimea
Shimea

Shammah (1 Sam 16:9) · Shimei · Shimeah

United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Third son of Jesse; father of Jonadab and Jonathan. Distinct from Shammah the Hararite, one of David's mighty men.

Shobab (son of David)
Shobab (son of David)
United kingdomHouse of David

Son of David and Bathsheba.

Solomon
Solomon

Shlomo · Jedidiah

United kingdomKingJudahHouse of DavidChrist's line

Son of David and Bathsheba; reigned forty years over the united kingdom. Asked Yahweh for wisdom and was given riches and fame as well. Built the first Jerusalem temple. Author of Proverbs (much), Ecclesiastes (per tradition), and Song of Songs. His many foreign wives turned his heart in old age, leading to the prophesied division of the kingdom under his son Rehoboam.

Tamar (daughter of David)
Tamar (daughter of David)
United kingdomHouse of David

Daughter of David and Maacah, sister of Absalom; raped by her half-brother Amnon. Distinct from Tamar of Judah.

Zeruiah
Zeruiah
United kingdomJudahHouse of David

Sister (or half-sister) of David; mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.

Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.