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Jesse (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ s i / JESS-ee) [3] or Yishai (Hebrew: יִשַׁי – Yīšay, [a] in pausa Hebrew: יִשָׁי – Yīšāy, meaning "King" or "God's gift"; Syriac: ܐܝܫܝ – Eshai; Greek: Ἰεσσαί – Iessaí; Latin: Issai, Isai, Jesse); (Arabic: إيشا, romanized: ʾīshā) is a figure described in the Hebrew Bible as the father of David, who became the king of the Israelites.
Yihus HaAvos V'Neviim (Lineage of the Patriarch and the Prophets) a book from 1537 refers to the site as "a handsome building up on the mount, where Jesse, the King David's father is buried." It includes a drawing of the site, and notes an "ancient Israelite burial ground" nearby and Crusader courtyard.
The text of the King James Version reads: And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; The World English Bible translates the passage as: Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
1972 Stefan Heym wrote The King David Report in which the historian Ethan compiles upon King Solomon's orders "a true and authoritative report on the life of David, Son of Jesse"—the East German writer's wry depiction of a court historian writing an "authorized" history, many incidents clearly intended as satirical references to the writer's ...
David's ancestors are also understood as progenitors of the Messiah in several prophecies. [84] Isaiah's description of the branch or root of Jesse [92] is cited twice by Paul as a promise of the Christ. [93] More controversial are the prophecies on the Messiah's relation, or lack thereof, to certain of David's descendants:
Although David's mother is not named in the Bible, she is still mentioned there with her husband: when David was worried about the safety of his parents, he went to Mizpah in Moab to ask permission from the king to allow his father and mother to stay under the royal protection of the king: And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said ...
Columnist David Marcus fondly recalls his Jewish father, who made sure Christmas was special for him and his brother.
The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, shown in a branching tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David. It is the original use of the family tree as a schematic representation of a genealogy .