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Ruth 4:17 יִשַׁ֖י Jesse

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:22 יִשָׁ֔י וְיִשַׁ֖י Jesse, and Jesse

Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

1 Samuel 16:1 יִשַׁ֣י Jesse

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

Here: An ordinary Judahite landowner, grandson of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17–22). Nothing marks him out as royal.

1 Samuel 16:3 לְיִשַׁ֖י <to> Jesse

Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”

1 Samuel 16:5 יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 16:8 יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 16:9 יִשַׁ֖י Jesse

Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 16:10 יִשַׁ֛י יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”

1 Samuel 16:11 יִשַׁי֮ יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

1 Samuel 16:18 לְיִשַׁי֮ of Jesse

One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

Here: "Of Jesse", literally "belonging to Jesse". David is placed in his father's household, which is how a person was identified in Israel.

1 Samuel 16:19 יִשָׁ֑י Jesse

So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

1 Samuel 16:20 יִשַׁ֜י Jesse

And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.

1 Samuel 16:22 יִשַׁ֖י Jesse

Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”

1 Samuel 17:12 יִשַׁ֔י [was] Jesse

Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.

Here: Jesse, grandson of Boaz and Ruth according to Ruth 4:17–22. The meaning of the name is uncertain.

1 Samuel 17:13 יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:17 יִשַׁ֜י Jesse

One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

1 Samuel 17:20 יִשָׁ֑י Jesse

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.

1 Samuel 17:58 יִשַׁ֖י Jesse

“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.

1 Samuel 20:27 יִשַׁ֛י Jesse

But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:30 יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

1 Samuel 20:31 יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

1 Samuel 22:7 יִשַׁי֙ Jesse

Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

1 Samuel 22:8 יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”

1 Samuel 22:9 יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 22:13 יִשָׁ֑י Jesse

And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”

1 Samuel 25:10 יִשָׁ֑י Jesse

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

Here: David's father, a Bethlehem farmer. “Son of Jesse” means a nobody from an ordinary family, not a man with any rank.

2 Samuel 20:1 יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

Here: 'Son of Jesse' was how Saul and Nabal sneered at David (1 Sam 20:27–31; 22:7–8; 25:10). Here it means: just a Bethlehem farmer's son, not our king.

2 Samuel 23:1 יִשַׁ֗י Jesse

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

Here: David's father, a Bethlehem farmer. His enemies used "the son of Jesse" as a sneer (1 Sam 20:30–31; 25:10; 2 Sam 20:1). Here David names his humble origin himself.

1 Kings 12:16 יִשַׁ֗י Jesse

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

Here: 'Son of Jesse' was a belittling name for David, used by Saul and by Nabal. It reduces the royal house to a Bethlehem farmer's family.

1 Chronicles 2:12 יִשָֽׁי׃ Jesse

Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

Here: David's father, from Bethlehem. In the very next verse the Hebrew spells the same name with an extra initial letter, ʾîšay. Both spellings refer to the same man.

1 Chronicles 2:13 וְאִישַׁ֛י and Jesse

Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

1 Chronicles 10:14 יִשָֽׁי׃ פ Jesse

and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 12:18 יִשַׁ֔י Jesse

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

Here: David's father, a Bethlehemite. 'Son of Jesse' names David by his ordinary family background, not by royal standing.

1 Chronicles 29:26 יִשָׁ֔י Jesse

David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 10:16 יִשַׁ֗י Jesse

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

Here: 'Son of Jesse' recalls David's ordinary Bethlehem farming family. Saul and Nabal used the same phrase as a put-down (1 Sam 20:27–31; 25:10). It cuts the dynasty down to size.

2 Chronicles 11:18 יִשָֽׁי׃ Jesse

And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

Psalm 72:20 יִשָֽׁי׃ Jesse

Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Isaiah 11:1 יִשָׁ֑י Jesse

Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Here: David's father, a farmer of Bethlehem (1 Sam 16–17). Isaiah says 'Jesse', not 'David'. He goes back past the royal house to its humble root, which suggests a new beginning like David's rather than a continuation of the current kings' glory.

Isaiah 11:10 יִשַׁ֗י Jesse

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

Here: David's father, a farmer from Bethlehem. Naming Jesse instead of David goes back behind the dynasty to its humble starting point. The picture is a new David, not just one more king in the existing line.