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The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty.[a] Indeed,[b] he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.[c]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 28:4 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 28:4 tn Or “for.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 28:4 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”

“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household(A) to be king over Israel forever.(B) For He chose Judah as leader,(C) and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons,(D) He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

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