SUMMARY
After David’s unsuccessful attempt to find safety in Gath, DavidSecond king of Israel, David united the northern and southern kingdoms. takes his parents to Moab to save them from Saul’s revenge.
ANALYSIS
David’s ancestry comes center-stage in his attempt to keep his natal family safe from Saul’s revenge. David sought to leave his parents with the king of Moab for safe-keeping while he continued to flee from SaulThe first king of Israel.. Moab was a natural choice because Jesse – David’s father – was the grandson of RuthThe great-grandmother of David. the Moabite (Ruth 4:18-22). Jesse could probably recall his grandmother’s accent and stories about growing up across the Jordan from Judahite tribal holdings. We should not think that even royal lines were “purely” Israelite. Indeed, Jesus’ genealogyGenealogy involves the study and tracing of families through the generations - in short, family history. One genealogy in Genesis traces the nations descended from Noah. In the New Testament Matthew traces the ancestry of Jesus back to Abraham, while Jesus' genealogy in Luke goes... notes several non-Israelites (all women) in his ancestry as well (MatthewA tax collector who became one of Jesus' 12 disciples. 1:1-16, especially verses 3, 5 and 6). David’s family’s Moabite heritage proved incredibly helpful, as they found safety from Saul in Moab.
