²² Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot ^(A)David.

³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of ^(A)Nathan, ^(B)the son of David,

⁶ and ^(A)Jesse begot David the king.

^(B)David the king begot Solomon by her ^[a]who had been the wife of Uriah.

The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring^(A)

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

David Anointed King

16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? ^(B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to ^(C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For ^(D)I have ^[a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”