Jesse

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Meaning: firm, or a gift

A son of Obed, and grandson of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17ff; Mt 1:5f; Lk 3:32f). He is called "the Bethlehemite" (1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:18; 1Sam 17:58) and "the Ephrathite of Bethlehem" (1Sam 17:12).

He was the father of eight sons (1Sam 16:10f, the youngest of whom was David (1Sam 17:12) although in 1Chr 2:13ff only seven are mentioned. He was a person of wealth and position at Bethlehem, his property being chiefly in sheep (1Sam 16:1ff, 1Sam 17:17ff; Ps 78⁷¹).

Jesse's name stands out preeminently as that of the father of David, who is called "the son of Jesse" - an expression that was used during David's lifetime and even afterward as a term of contempt: so by Saul (1Sam 20:27ff; 1Sam 22:7f), by Doeg (1Sam 22:9), by Nabal (1Sam 25:10), by Sheba (2 Sam 20:1), and by the Ten Tribes (1 Kg 12:16; 2Chr 10:16. However the prophet Isaiah uses "stem of Jesse" for the family of David (Isa 11:1) and "root of Jesse" (Isa 11:10) as one of his Messianic prophecies.

As Jesse was "an old man in the days of Saul" (1Sam 17:12), it is doubtful whether he lived to see his son king. The last historical mention of Jesse is in 1Sam 22:3, where it is stated that David entrusted his father and his mother to the care of the King of Moab; but, as may be inferred from 1Sam 32:4, this was only temporary.

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