David, an Ephraimite tells that God's justice and grace is upheld in the righteous Joseph and his descendants. David's genealogy was rooted to Ephraim, the younger son of Joseph some clans of whose descendants had settled in Bethlehem area much earlier than the entry of the mixed-up tribe Judah to the land of Canaan. The reliable genealogy of David is only from Ephraimite Salma (Salmon) as a traceable genealogy as does the case of Samuel from Ephraimite Elkanah, a descendant of Zuph (Ephraimites, NIV; Ephrathite, KJV). Zadok's genealogy was not from Phinehas line of the true Aaronites but...
David, an Ephraimite tells that God's justice and grace is upheld in the righteous Joseph and his descendants. David's genealogy was rooted to Ephraim...
