Jesse son of Obed 
Jesse was born in Bethlehem, Israel. Jesse's father is Obed son of Boaz. His paternal grandparents are Boaz son of Salmon and Ruth Of The Bible. He was an only child. He died in Jerusalem, Israel.General Notes
Jesse, in the Old Testament, father of King David and grandson of Boaz and Ruth. Jesse lived in Bethlehem, in Judah, and was a farmer and breeder of sheep. The phrase "son of Jesse" seems to have been used in a derogatory sense by Saul (I Samuel 20:27, 30; 22:7, 8), but the prophet Isaiah and later writers associated the most sublime Messianic hopes with the "root of Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1, 10).
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They had four sons and a daughter, and also four children of unknown gender, named Eliab, Nethaneel, Ozem, David, Abigail, Abinadab, Raddai, Shimeah and Zeruiah.
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