Ruth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of David.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
In Context
21Salmon was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1The Lord asked Samuel, “How long are you going to continue to mourn over Saul because I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill your flask with olive oil and go. I'm sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen a king for myself from among his sons.”
1 Chronicles 2:15the sixth Ozem, and the seventh David.
Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (his mother had been Uriah's wife);
Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:14-22
The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. ( b. c. 1312.) 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath… Read the whole commentary →