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David and Judah
How David and Judah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Judah was an ancestor of David.
Ruth ends with the generations of Pharez, the son Tamar bore to Judah, which run ten names from Pharez to David.
the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah
Ruth 4:12, King James Version
Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron
Ruth 4:18, King James Version
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David
Ruth 4:22, King James Version
Where they cross: Ruth 4:12-22
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Ruth 4:12-22
12And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
21And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
22And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
King James Version