²² Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of ^(A)Nathan, the son of David,

⁶ and ^(A)Jesse the father of David the king.

And ^(B)David was the father of Solomon by ^(C)the wife of Uriah,

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, ^(A)David the seventh.

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.”