1:6a

David the king: It may be more natural in your language to indicate that David became king many years after he was born. For example:

David ⌊who later became⌋ king

king: The word king refers to a ruler who has highest authority over a large region, usually a country.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

high/supreme leader
-or-
chief

Paragraph 1:6b–11

The second group of fourteen names of men in the family line of Jesus starts at 1:6b.

1:6b

Solomon by Uriah’s wife: In this verse, Solomon’s mother is identified as the Uriah’s wife. Her name was Bathsheba. But when Solomon was born, Bathsheba was married to David. This is because David caused Uriah to die in a war and then married Bathsheba. Solomon was born after David married her. (The full story is in 2 Samuel chapters 11–12.)

In some languages, it may be important to indicate that Uriah was dead when Solomon was born. For example:

whose mother had been ⌊the late⌋ Uriah’s wife
-or-
by the ⌊former⌋ wife of Uriah
-or-
by the widow of Uriah

-or-

(his mother was the woman who had been Uriah’s wife) (Good News Translation)

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