Ruth 4:22
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Majority Standard Bible
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 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
1 Chronicles 2:15Ozem sixth, and David seventh.
Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David the king was the father of Solomon by 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 →