David's father living at the time of United Monarchy
Jesse
The Bethlehemite who was the son of Obed and the father of David (Ruth 4:17, 22). He had eight sons (1 Samuel 17:12), and when Yahweh sent Samuel to anoint one of them as king, Jesse presented seven; the youngest, David, was out with the sheep (1 Samuel 16:1–13). Isaiah spoke of the coming king as a shoot from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1, 10), and Paul quotes him (Romans 15:12). Jesse is named in the genealogies of Jesus (Matthew 1:5–6; Luke 3:32).
Family
- Father
- Obed
- Wife
- Nahash
- Children
- David, Eliab, Abinadab, Shimeah, Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem, Elihu, Zeruiah, Abigail