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David and Ruth
How David and Ruth are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Ruth was an ancestor of David.
Ruth's son Obed was the father of Jesse, the father of David. The Moabite widow who came to Bethlehem with Naomi became King David's great-grandmother.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife
Ruth 4:13, King James Version
he is the father of Jesse, the father of David
Ruth 4:17, King James Version
Where they cross: Ruth 4:13-17
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Ruth 4:13-17
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.
King James Version