1 Samuel 17:12
"Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul."
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- Genesis 35:19
"And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 16:10
"Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 16:18
"Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 17:58
"And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."
Read in chapter → - Ruth 4:22
"And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David."
Read in chapter → - 1 Chronicles 2:13
"And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,"
Read in chapter → - Luke 3:31
"Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 2:6
"And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 16:1
"And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 1:6
"And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;"
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