How Is the Divergence of J Derived in Electromagnetic Fields?

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In a book I find the following derivation:
[tex]\int (J \cdot \nabla ) \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'}= -\sum_{i=1}^3 \int J_i \frac{\partial}{\partial r_i'} \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'} \\<br /> = -\sum_{i=1}^3 \int J_i \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^2r_{j\neq i}'\bigg|_{r_i' = -\infty}^\infty + \int \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} \nabla' \cdot \mathbf{J} d^3\mathbf{r'}[/tex]

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I understand the first line, but in the second line I don't understand how the second term comes about. I don't see how the divergence of J is taken as the nabla operator doesn't operate on it. If I calculate for example one of the three terms:
[tex]\int J_x \frac{\partial}{\partial x'} \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'}[/tex]
I don't see how a term with [itex]\frac{\partial J_x}{\partial x'}[/itex] comes out of this?
 
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the x component of j*grad (r/r3) is j*grad(rx/r3), not jxgrad(rx/r3) you then use the vector calculus identity
div(fV)=fdivV+V*grad(f)