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1 Chronicles 2:12 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 12
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,1 Chronicles 2:12 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:12 in context
10And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
11And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- JesseYishayJishai, David's fatherH3448 →
- BoazBôʻazBoaz, the ancestor of DavidH1162 →
- ObedʻÔwbêdObed, the name of five IsraelitesH5744 →
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Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17