Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jessai,

and Jessai the father of king David. David was the father of Solomon by Uriah's wife,

Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the period of the Babylonian captivity.

the son of Jessai, the son of Jobed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he bore this testimony that 'In David, the son of Jessai, I have found a man after my own heart, who will obey all my will.'

He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father.

Some days later Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus;

or again, as Isaiah says, Then shall the Scion of Jessai live, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; on him shall the Gentiles set their hope.