King David's lineage?

Question

Who's in the direct line of King David today? What's their website?

King David of the Bible.

Answer 1

an established liniage for King David ended at about 1100 Ad with the end of the exlarc postition in Iraq.

Sorry guys it existed long after Jesus

there are many people who today calim to be decended of King David

http://www.davidicdynasty.org/descendants.php

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52450

Answer 2

For centuries since the destruction of the Temple in AD70 there has been no certifiable records beyond what has been preserved in the Tanakh and in the New Testament. Even if Flavius Josephus is considered reliable, still there is nothing since 70AD.

I have heard that DNA now can verify descendancy in the Levitical line (priests).

I suspect there is no DNA test that can verify current day descendance of King David of Beit Lechem.

Only the records from the Temple, copied and preserved by St. Matthew and St. Luke can point to any person who is a descendant of King David and thus Great David's Greater Son who shall reign upon the throne of David.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, alot of the Jewish genealogy records are lost or destroyed. Most ancient records end with Jesus. I personally feel that God did this so that no one could say they are a blood relative of Jesus (on His mother's side of the family), or claim to be a direct relative on Joseph's side of the family. There is absolutely no way to trace a modern day family's lineage back to King David. Sorry.

Answer 4

Judah Lowe (in Hebrew: Liva) the Elder, of Prague, was the great-great-grandfather of Judah Lowe (Liva), known as the MaHaRaL of Prague (1525-1609), the creator of the legendary Golem. The inscription on the gravestone of Judah Lowe the Elder said that he was a descendant of King David. A number of rabbinic sources have repeated that, and presented lists of ancestors going back to King David
Rashi, the acronym of Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki of Troyes (1040-1105), has been, by tradition, considered a descendant of King David. The earliest source accessible to us for that is the genealogy prepared by Johanan Luria who lived in Germany in the last half of the 15th century, and reported by the shtadlan Joselman of Rosheim (1478-1554). There is a detailed discussion of this matter in Mishpachat Luria, by Abraham Epstein (Vienna, 1901). One important passage relates that there was a genealogical record of the Luria family going back to the Tanna Johanan Ha-Sandler (2nd century, who was a descendant of King David). This record was lost in the "Swiss War" of 1499, and "Johanan Luria mourned the loss of his genealogy more than the material goods he was robbed of."
In addition, available sources indicate that the list of descendants, correct or not, does not go past the end of the 15th century.

Answer 5

That'd be a form of idolatry. You want to steer clear of that. Even if there were a visible descendant. You want to be in line with the one who made him a king.