Ruth 4:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.