Jesse

A⁵nd that the righteous man Lot might not be reviled because he slept with his daughters, God granted that the royal succession might be maintained by the seed of both, and that Christ should be born of the seed of Lot and Abraham. And from the seed of Ruth, the Moabitess, Obed was born, and from Obed, Jesse, and from Jesse, David, and from David, Solomon; these are the descendants of Ruth, the Moabitess, the daughter of Lot. And of Na’má (Naamah, I Kings xiv. 21), the Ammonitess, another daughter of Lot, whom Solomon took to wife, was born Rehoboam, who reigned after Solomon.

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H⁷e came nigh and reviled Israel, and blasphemed against God, and David, the son of Jesse, killed him. And David was praised in songs by the daughters of Israel, and Saul persecuted him. And the Philistines slew Saul because he forsook the Lord, and took refuge with the devils. David reigned over the children of Israel forty years, and Solomon, his son, reigned forty years.

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J¹⁷udah begot Pars (Pharez) by Tamar. Pharez begot Hezron. Hezron begot Aram. Aram begot Amminadab. Amminadab begot Nahshén (Nahasson). Nahasson begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz, by Rahab. Boaz took to wife Ruth, the daughter of Lot, and begot Obed. Obed begot Jesse. Jesse begot David the king. David took to wife Bathsheba, and begot by her Solomon.

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f²rom Isaac to Jacob; from Jacob to Judah; from Judah to Pharez; from Pharez to Hesron; from Hesron to Aram; from Aram to Amminadab; from Amminadab to Nahasson; from Nahasson to Salmon; from Salmon to Boaz; from Boaz to Obed; from Obed to Jesse; from Jesse to David; from David to Solomon; from Solomon to Rehoboam; from Rehoboam to Abijah; from Abijah to Ara; from Ara to Jehoshaphat; from Jeshoshaphat to Joram; from Joram to Ahaziah;

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A³nd after him Fares (Pharez) his son reigned. And he died and 'Isarom (Hezron) his son reigned. And after him his son 'Orni (Oren?) reigned, and after him Aram (Aram) his son reigned, and after him Aminadab his son reigned, and after him Nason (Naasson) his son reigned, and after him Sala (Salmon?) his son reigned, and after him Bacos (Boaz) his son reigned, and after him 'Iyubed (Obed) his son reigned, and after him E'sey (Jesse) his son reigned.

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A⁵nd his nobles answered and said unto him, " Blessed be the mother who hath brought forth this young man, and blessed be the day wherein thou hadst union with the mother of this young man. For there hath risen upon us from the root of Jesse a shining man who shall be king of the posterity of our posterity of his seed.

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A⁵nd if ye will tell it to me I will never let it go forth or repeat it to the day of my death." And they said unto him, " The sun descended from heaven, and was given on Sinai to Israel, and it became the salvation of the race of Adam, from Moses to the seed of Jesse, and behold, it is with thee by the Will of God.

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A⁵nd from him this Pearl went to the firstborn until it came into the belly of Jesse, the father of thy father. And then it waited until six men of wrath had been born, and after that it came to the seventh, David, thy innocent and humble father; for God hateth the arrogant and proud, and loveth the innocent and humble.

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T¹⁴hus David the Prophet prophesied saying concerning Christian folk, " Declare ye to the nations that God is King, and that He hath made fast the world so that it shall never be moved." And he also prophesied concerning His coming to the nations, and said, " Before the face of God shall He come, He shall come and shall judge the earth, and He shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations with justice." Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, " The Lord of hosts hath planned to destroy the contumely of the nations, and He shall bring to nothing the nobles and the mighty ones of the earth." And continuing his prophecy he said, " He shall come and shall build His house, and He shall deliver His people. And he added other words, saying, " And at that time there shall spring from the root of Jesse One Who shall be set over the nations, and the nations shall put their trust in Him, and the place where He shall abide shall be glorious for ever."

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A²¹nd the descent of the Beloved into Sheol, behold, it is written in the section, where the Lord says: ‘Behold, my Son will understand.’ And all these things, behold they are written in the Psalms in the parables of David, the son of Jesse, and in the Proverbs of Solomon his son, and in the words of Korah, and Ethan the Israelite, and in the words of Asaph, and in the rest of the Psalms also which the angel of the Spirit inspired,

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