Did the proximity of the words "Abraham" and "David" in the first verse of Matthew’s Gospel mean more than just "offspring" to early Jewish readers?

Did the proximity of the words "Abraham" and "David" in the first verse of Matthew’s Gospel mean more than just "offspring" to early Jewish readers?

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ "This is the record of the genealogy[a] of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham" Net Matthew 1:1 tn Grk “the book of the genealogy.” The noun βίβλος (biblos), though it is without the article, is to be translated as definite due to Apollonius’ corollary and the normal use of anarthrous nouns in titles.

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