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Jesse

JESSE, the son of Obed, and father of Ruth. iv. 17,22. 1 Chron. ii. 13. Matth. i. 5. Gen. xlvi. 17.David, Eliab, Abinadab, Shaminah, Nethaneel, Raddai, and Ozem. David was the youngest of them all; but he became the most illustrious, and Head of his Family.

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