Ruth 4:17-22

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¹⁷The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,^(A) the father of David.^(B)

The Genealogy of David^(C)

¹⁸This, then, is the family line of Perez^(D):

Perez was the father of Hezron,^(E)

¹⁹Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,^(F)

²⁰Amminadab the father of Nahshon,^(G)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,^[a]

²¹Salmon the father of Boaz,^(H)

Boaz the father of Obed,

²²Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

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Footnotes

Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma

1 Kings 1:39

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³⁹Zadok the priest took the horn of oil^(A) from the sacred tent^(B) and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet^(C) and all the people shouted,^(D) “Long live King Solomon!”

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1 Chronicles 11:3

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³When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed^(A) David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

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Isaiah 11:1

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The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot^(A) will come up from the stump^(B) of Jesse;^(C)
from his roots a Branch^(D) will bear fruit.^(E)

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Matthew 2:6

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⁶“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’^[a]”^(A)

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Footnotes

Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:2,4

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Luke 2:4

New International Version

⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem^(A) the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

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