Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.
The twelve sons of Jacob descended through all Scripture, yet several of them were much blemished in character. But the covenant was entailed on their seed by free grace alone, not works, else any man might boast. The tribe of Judah, most praised and increased, produced both the vile and the virtuous in one line; Christ Himself, the top branch of that tree, grew from roots that held Achan the troubler and Tamar the woman wronged.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:1-17
CHILDREN OF JESSE. (Ch1 2:13-17) David the seventh--As it appears (Sa1 16:10; Sa1 17:12) that Jesse had eight sons, the presumption is from David being mentioned here as the seventh son of his father, that one of them had died at an early age, without leaving issue.
Between Nahshon, prince of Judah at the Exodus, and Pharez at Jacob's descent into Egypt lay 430 years, yet only three names bridge that span. Several links are passed over. From Nahshon to David, over 400 years compressed into four generations, Salma, Boaz, Obed, Jesse. The genealogies omit the less famous ancestors, preserving only those whose names mattered to the record.
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Commenting on 1 Chronicles 2:10-15