12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (A)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the [a]descendants whom the Lord will give you by this young woman.”

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  1. Ruth 4:12 Lit seed

The Line of David

16 Then Naomi took the child and [a]laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 And the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: (A)Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed, 22 and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

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  1. Ruth 4:16 I.e., as her own

The Line of David

16 Then Naomi took the child and [a]laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 And the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Perez: (A)Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 and Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed, 22 and Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

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  1. Ruth 4:16 I.e., as her own

Jesse fathered David the king.

David (A)fathered Solomon by [a]her who had been the wife of Uriah.

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  1. Matthew 1:6 I.e., Bathsheba

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of (A)the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him (B)the throne of His father David;

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17 For this is what the Lord says: ‘[a]David shall (A)not lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; 18 [b]and the (B)Levitical priests shall not lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to (C)prepare sacrifices [c]continually.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 33:17 Lit There shall not be cut off for David
  2. Jeremiah 33:18 Lit there shall not be cut off for the Levitical priests
  3. Jeremiah 33:18 Lit all the days

12 (A)When your days are finished and you [a](B)lie down with your fathers, (C)I will raise up your [b]descendant after you, who will come from [c]you, and I will establish his kingdom.

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:12 I.e., die
  2. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit seed
  3. 2 Samuel 7:12 Lit your bowels

then (A)I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [a]promised to your father David, saying, ‘[b]You shall not be deprived of a man on the throne of Israel.’

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  1. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit spoke
  2. 1 Kings 9:5 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man

[a]In the days to come Jacob (A)will take root,
Israel will (B)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the [b]whole world with (C)fruit.

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  1. Isaiah 27:6 Lit Those coming
  2. Isaiah 27:6 Lit face of the world

Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 Then a (A)shoot will spring from the (B)stem of Jesse,
And a (C)Branch from (D)his roots will bear fruit.
The (E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of (F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and (G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

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35 [a]Once I have (A)sworn by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.
36 His [b](B)descendants shall endure forever,
And his (C)throne (D)as the sun before Me.

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  1. Psalm 89:35 Or One thing
  2. Psalm 89:36 Lit seed

“Behold, the (A)days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous [a](B)Branch;
And He will (C)reign as king and [b]act wisely
And (D)do justice and righteousness in the land.

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Lit Sprout
  2. Jeremiah 23:5 Or succeed

23 (A)From the descendants of this man, (B)according to promise, God has brought to Israel (C)a Savior, Jesus,

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30 So because he was (A)a prophet and knew that (B)God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one [a]of his descendants on his throne,

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  1. Acts 2:30 Lit of the fruit of his loins

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