Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
Parallel translations
- KJV Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
- BSB Ozem sixth, and David seventh.
- NKJV Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
- NASB Ozem, the sixth, and David, the seventh.
- NLT his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David.
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Quick answer
David is named as the seventh son of Jesse, the chosen king of Israel.
Overview
David, here listed as the seventh, is the goal toward which the whole genealogy has been moving (1 Samuel 16:13). God chose this youngest, unlikely son and anointed him king and ancestor of the Messiah. The covenant God made with David, of an everlasting throne, finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the Son of David (2 Samuel 7; Matthew 1:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 1 Sam 17:12–14Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
- 1 Sam 16:10–11Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
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