¹² Boaz fathered Obed, ^(A)Obed fathered Jesse.

¹² And again Isaiah says,

¹⁰ In that day ^(A)the root of ^(B)Jesse, who shall stand as ^(C)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

¹⁴ He ^(A)did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and ^(B)turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

David Anointed King

16 The Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^(B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^(C)Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^(D)for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

²² Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

²² And ^(A)when he had removed him, ^(B)he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^(C)‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^(D)a man after my heart, ^(E)who will do all my will.’

^32 (A)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

⁵ and Salmon the father of Boaz by ^(A)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,