|  -Father of David Ruth 4:17; I Samuel 17:12   -Ancestor of Jesus Matthew 1:5, 6   -Samuel visits, under divine command, to select a successor to Saul from his sons I Samuel 16:1-13   -Saul asks, to send David to become a member of his court I Samuel 16:19-23   -Sons in Saul's army I Samuel 17:13-28   -Lives with David in Moab I Samuel 22:3, 4   -Descendants of I Chronicles 2:13-17  |