Ruth 4:17

Revised Version 1885

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Cross References

Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

Ruth 4:18

Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Hezron;

Ruth 4:22

and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

1 Samuel 17:12

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men.