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.
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
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 ma
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
‘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 r
and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? F
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler