1 Chronicles 2 · a question people ask
Is Boaz's father Salma or Salmon?
His name is spelled more than one way. Here "Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz" (2:11). Ruth has "Nahshon became the father of Salmon" (Ruth 4:20) and "Salmon became the father of Boaz" (Ruth 4:21), and Matthew has "Nahshon became the father of Salmon" (Matthew 1:4) and "Salmon became the father of Boaz" (Matthew 1:5). In Hebrew, Ruth itself spells him two ways, Salmah in 4:20 and Salmon in 4:21, where the WEB has Salmon both times; 1 Chronicles has Salma (tap Salma). Every one of these lists puts him between Nahshon and Boaz. The Bible doesn't comment on the spellings.
The verses
“and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,”
“and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,”
“Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.”