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12 Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.

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12 And in another place Isaiah said,

“The heir to David’s throne[a] will come,
    and he will rule over the Gentiles.
They will place their hope on him.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:12a Greek The root of Jesse. David was the son of Jesse.
  2. 15:12b Isa 11:10 (Greek version).

10 In that day the heir to David’s throne[a]
    will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
    and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.[b]

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  1. 11:10a Hebrew the root of Jesse.
  2. 11:10b Greek version reads In that day the heir to David’s throne [literally the root of Jesse] will come, / and he will rule over the Gentiles. / They will place their hopes on him. Compare Rom 15:12.

A Branch from David’s Line

11 Out of the stump of David’s family[a] will grow a shoot—
    yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

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  1. 11:1 Hebrew the stump of the line of Jesse. Jesse was King David’s father.

14 instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

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Samuel Anoints David as King

16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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22 Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of David.

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22 But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:22 1 Sam 13:14.

32 David was the son of Jesse.
Jesse was the son of Obed.
Obed was the son of Boaz.
Boaz was the son of Salmon.[a]
Salmon was the son of Nahshon.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:32 Greek Sala, a variant spelling of Salmon; also in 3:32b. See Ruth 4:20-21.

Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.

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