Ruth 4:17

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And her neighbor women gave him a name, saying, A son is born to Naomi. They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ].

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse.

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

Ruth 4:22

Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ].

1 Samuel 16:1

THE Lord said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided for Myself a king among his sons.

1 Samuel 17:12

David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons. [Jesse] in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years.