This is the family line from Perez to David: Perez, Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David.

(SEE 4:18)

(SEE 4:18)

Saul asked him, "Young man, whose son are you?" "I am the son of your servant Jesse from Bethlehem," David answered.

Don't you realize that as long as David is alive, you will never be king of this country? Now go and bring him here---he must die!"

When the people saw that the king would not listen to them, they shouted, "Down with David and his family! What have they ever done for us? People of Israel, let's go home! Let Rehoboam look out for himself !" So the people of Israel rebelled,

The family line from Ram to Jesse is as follows: Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon (a prominent man of the tribe of Judah),

Obed, and Jesse.

Nethanel, Raddai,

This is the end of the prayers of David son of Jesse.

The royal line of David is like a tree that has been cut down; but just as new branches sprout from a stump, so a new king will arise from among David's descendants.

The spirit of the LORD will give him wisdom and the knowledge and skill to rule his people. He will know the LORD's will and honor him,

(SEE 1:2)

(SEE 1:2)

After removing him, God made David their king. This is what God said about him: 'I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will do all I want him to do.'

It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised.

(SEE 1:5)

On the east side, those under the banner of the division of Judah shall camp in their groups, under their leaders, as follows: (Tribe: Leader: Number); Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab: 74,600; Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar: 54,400; Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon: 57,400; Total: 186,400. The division of Judah shall march first.

They presented their offerings in the following order: (Day: Tribe: Leader); 1st: Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab; 2nd: Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar; 3rd: Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon; 4th: Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur; 5th: Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 6th: Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel; 7th: Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud; 8th: Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; 9th: Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni; 10th: Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 11th: Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran; 12th: Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan. The offerings each one brought were identical: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces and one silver basin weighing 30 ounces, by the official standard, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for the grain offering; one gold dish weighing 4 ounces, full of incense; one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old lamb, for the burnt offering; one goat for the sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five goats, and five one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offering.

Salmon, Boaz,

Obed, and Jesse.