Jesse
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, [who was] chief of the
captains, [and he said], Thine [are we], David, and on thy
side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace [be] unto thee, and
peace [be] to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then
David received them, and made them captains of the band....
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And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth;
and Obed begat Jesse;...
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And when all Israel [saw] that the king would not hearken unto
them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have
we in David? and [we have] none inheritance in the son of
Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: [and] now, David,
see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents....
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Jesse, Eshai or Yishai, (Hebrew: יִשַׁי, Modern Yishay Tiberian
Yīšáy, meaning "God exists" or "God's gift"; Arabic: يسي
Yessi; Greek: Ἰεσσαί Iessai; Latin: Isai, Jesse) is the father
of the Biblical David, who became the king of the nation of
Israel. His son David is sometimes called simply "Son of
Jesse" (ben yishay).
Jesse was the son of O...
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jes'-e (yishay, meaning doubtful; according to Gesenius it =
"wealthy"; Olshausen, Gram., sections 277 f, conjectures yesh
yah, "Yahweh exists"; Wellhausen (1 Sam 14:49) explains it as
'abhishay (see ABISHAI); Iessai; Ruth 4:17,22; 1 Sam 16; 17;
20; 22; 25:10; 2 Sam 20:1; 23:1; 1 Ki 12:16; 1 Ch 10:14;
12:18; Ps 72:20; Isa 11:1,10 ( = Rom 15:12...
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-Father of David
Ru 4:17; 1Sa 17:12
-Ancestor of Jesus
Mt 1:5,6
-Samuel visits, under divine command, to select a successor
to
Saul from his sons
1Sa 16:1-13
-Saul asks, to send David to become a member of his court
1Sa 16:19-23
-Sons in Saul's army
1Sa 17:13-28
-Lives with David in Moab
1Sa 22:3,4
-Descendants of
1Ch 2:13-17...
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(wealthy), the father of David, was the son of Obed, who
again was the fruit of the union of Boaz and the Moabitess
Ruth. His great-grandmother was Rahab the Canaanite, of
Jericho. Mt 1:5 Jesse's genealogy is twice given in full in
the Old Testament, viz., Ru 4:18-22 and 1Chr 2:5-12
He is commonly designated as "Jesse the Bethlehemite,"
1Sa 1...
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firm, or a gift, a son of Obed, the son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth
4:17, 22; Matt. 1:5, 6; Luke 3:32). He was the father
of eight
sons, the youngest of whom was David (1 Sam. 17:12).
The phrase
"stem of Jesse" is used for the family of David (Isa.
11:1), and
"root of Jesse" for the Messiah (Isa. 11:10; Rev.
5:5). Jesse
was a man apparently of ...
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