{"id":13880,"count":1,"description":"Jesse, Eshai or Yishai, (Hebrew: \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d9, Modern\u00a0Yishay Tiberian\u00a0Y\u012b\u0161\u00e1y, meaning \"God exists\" or \"God's gift\"; Arabic: \u064a\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0651\u0649\u200e Yassa; Greek: \u1f38\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03af Iessai; Latin: Isai, Jesse) is the father of the David, who became the king of the Israelites. His son David is sometimes called simply \"Son of Jesse\" (Ben Yishai).\nJesse was the son of Obed and the grandson of Ruth and of Boaz. He lived in Bethlehem, in Judah, and was of the Tribe of Judah, he was a farmer, breeder and owner of sheep. He was a prominent resident of the town of Bethlehem. Jesse is important in Judaism because he was the father of the most famous king of Israel. He is important in Christianity, in part because he is in the Old Testament and mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus.\nJesse is stated to having eight sons, including David the youngest. Among his grandchildren were the three sons of Zeruiah, Abishai, Joab and Ashashel. One day the prophet Samuel came to Bethlehem sent by God, to anoint the next king of Israel....","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/jesse\/","name":"Jesse","slug":"jesse","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/13880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=13880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}