Thus, according to the biblical genealogies, Salmon is the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of David. Salmon is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:10–11, Ruth 4:20,21, Matthew 1:4–5 and Luke 3:32. Nahshon was one of the Israelite leaders present with Moses[1] during the exodus from Egypt who undertook a "census of all the congregation of the children of Israel"[2] and therefore Salmon would probably have been a contemporary of Joshua and part of the generation of Israelites who entered the promised land.