Topic: Persons Of The Bible - Jesse

The name "Jesse" is from the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishai) which possibly meant "gift". The name also means firm or wealthy.

Jesse was a son of Obed, the son of Boaz and the Moabitess Ruth (Ruth 4:17, 22; Matt. 1:5, 6; Luke 3:32). Jesse was the father of eight sons, the youngest of whom was David (1 Sam. 17:12). Jesse's great-grandmother was Rahab the Canaanite, of Jericho. (Matthew 1:5) Jesse's genealogy is twice given in full in the Old Testament, viz., (Ruth 4:18-22) and 1Chr 2:5-12 Jesse is commonly designated as "Jesse the Bethlehemite," (1 Samuel 16:1,18; 17:58) but his full title is "the Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah." ch. (1 Samuel 17:12) Jesse is an "old man" when we first meet with him, (1 Samuel 17:12) with eight sons, ch. (1 Samuel 16:10; 17:12) residing at Bethlehem. ch (1 Samuel 16:4,5) Jesse's wealth seems to have consisted of a flock of sheep and goats, which were under the care of David. ch. (1 Samuel 16:11; 17:34,35) The phrase "stem of Jesse" is used for the family of David (Isa. 11:1), and "root of Jesse" for the Messiah (Isa. 11:10; Rev. 5:5). Jesse was a man apparently of wealth and position at Bethlehem (1 Sam. 17:17, 18, 20; Ps. 78:71). The last reference to Jesse is of David's procuring for him an asylum with the king of Moab (1 Sam. 22:3). After David's rupture with Saul, David took his father and his mother into the country of Moab and deposited them with the king, and there they disappear from our view in the records of Scripture. (B.C. 1068-61.)

Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries

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