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Isai (also Jesse ; Hebrew יִשַׁי Jišaj , in pause form יִשָׁי Jišāj ; Greek Ἰεσσαί Iessaí ) is a biblical person from the Old Testament of the Bible ; translated his name means gift from God . According to the biblical tradition, he was the father of King David ( Ruth 4.17 EU ; 1. Chr. 2.13–15 EU ; Mt 1.5–6 EU ; Lk 3.32 EU ) and an Efratite from Bethlehem ( 1 . Sam. 16.1 + 18 EU ; 1. Sam. 17.12 EU ).
Isai was the son of Obed and a grandson of Boaz and Ruth . According to 1 Samuel , he had eight sons; David was the youngest son. According to the 1st book of the chronicles there were only seven sons: Eliab, Abinadab, Schima, Netanel , Raddai, Ozem and David. His daughters are called Zeruja and Abigajil.
Jesse and his clan lived in Bethlehem . Christianity traces the family tree of Jesus back to this root of Jesse , described in the book of Isaiah . The spelling Jesse can be found in many Christmas carols (e.g. in Es ist ein Ros sprung ).
According to the biblical narration in the 1st book of Samuel, Samuel set out for Bethlehem to anoint one of the sons of Jesse as king on behalf of God. Unexpectedly, God's choice fell on David. A little later, King Saul, who had fallen out of favor with YHWH , had David brought to his court with his father's consent. Isai and his wife were later brought to the Moabite royal court by David to protect them from the pursuit of Saul.
Bible passages
- 1 Samuel 16: 1–23 EU ; 1 Samuel 22.3 EU ; Ruth 4.22 EU ; 1. Chronicles 2, 13–16 EU ; Isaiah 11.10 EU ; Matthew 1,6–16 EU ; Romans 15.12 EU
Web links
- Barbara Schmitz: Isai. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Schmitz: Isai - 2. The biblical tradition. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (eds.): The scientific biblical dictionary on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff., Accessed on December 28, 2017.