Ruth 4:22
Obed begat Jesse; Jesse begat David the king. (Obed begat Jesse; and Jesse begat David, the king of Israel.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
In Context
21Salmon begat Boaz; Boaz begat Obed;
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long bewailest thou Saul, since I have cast him away, that he reign not upon Israel (?); fill thine horn with oil, and come, that I send thee to Jesse of Bethlehem; for among his sons I have purveyed a king to me (or for I have chosen myself a king from among his sons).
1 Chronicles 2:15the sixth, Ozem; the seventh, David;
Matthew 1:6Jesse begat David the king. David the king begat Solomon, of her that was Urias’ 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 →