⁶⁸ But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

² The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

⁸ To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

⁹ Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

¹⁰ The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

¹⁷ And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

¹⁸ Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron;

¹⁹ And Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab;

²⁰ And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;

²¹ And Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed;

²² And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

¹ And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

⁶ But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

¹² If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

¹³ For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.