1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 The Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you grieve over Saul, since (B)I have rejected him from being king over Israel? (C)Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, (D)for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
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2 Kings 9:1
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Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9 Then Elisha the prophet called one of (A)the sons of the prophets and said to him, (B)“Tie up your garments, and take this (C)flask of oil in your hand, and go to (D)Ramoth-gilead.
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Romans 15:12
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12 And again Isaiah says,
(A)(B)“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(C)in him will the Gentiles hope.”
Psalm 78:68-71
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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he (A)loves.
69 He (B)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He (C)chose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from (D)following the nursing ewes he brought him
to (E)shepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his (F)inheritance.
1 Samuel 16:15
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15 And Saul's servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.
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1 Samuel 15:35
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35 (A)And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, (B)but Samuel grieved over Saul. (C)And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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1 Samuel 15:23
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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and (A)idolatry.
Because (B)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)he has also rejected you from being king.”
1 Samuel 10:1
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Saul Anointed King
10 (A)Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head (B)and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince[a] over (C)his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince[b] over his heritage.
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- 1 Samuel 10:1 Or leader
- 1 Samuel 10:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall…. to be prince
1 Samuel 13:13-14
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13 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“You have done foolishly. (B)You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now (C)your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man (D)after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince[a] over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:14 Or leader
1 Samuel 9:16
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16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, (A)and you shall anoint him to be prince[a] over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. (B)For I have seen[b] my people, because their cry has come to me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 Or leader
- 1 Samuel 9:16 Septuagint adds the affliction of
1 Samuel 15:26
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26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. (A)For you have rejected the word of the Lord, (B)and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
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Psalm 89:19-20
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19 (A)Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[a] and said:
“I have (B)granted help to one who is (C)mighty;
I have exalted one (D)chosen from the people.
20 (E)I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have (F)anointed him,
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- Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones
1 Chronicles 2:10-15
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10 (A)Ram fathered Amminadab, and (B)Amminadab fathered (C)Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered (D)Salmon,[a] Salmon fathered (E)Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, (F)Obed fathered Jesse. 13 (G)Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, (H)Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, (I)David the seventh.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (compare Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
2 Kings 9:6
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6 So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, (A)I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
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1 Samuel 16:23
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23 And (A)whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre (B)and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him.
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1 Samuel 15:11
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11 (A)“I regret[a] that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and (B)has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
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- 1 Samuel 15:11 See also verses 29, 35
Ruth 4:17-22
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17 (A)And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
The Genealogy of David
18 Now these are the generations of Perez: (B)Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 (C)Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
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Jeremiah 14:11-12
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11 The Lord said to me: (A)“Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, (B)and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them (C)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
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Jeremiah 7:16
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16 “As for you, (A)do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
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Jeremiah 6:30
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30 (A)Rejected silver they are called,
for the Lord has rejected them.”
Isaiah 55:4
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Isaiah 11:10
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10 In that day (A)the root of (B)Jesse, who shall stand as (C)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
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2 Kings 9:3
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3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, (A)I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”
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Genesis 49:8-10
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8 “Judah, (A)your brothers shall praise you;
(B)your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
(C)your father's sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is (D)a lion's cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(E)He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The (F)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler's staff (G)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
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- Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
1 John 5:16
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16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and (A)God[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. (B)There is sin that leads to death; (C)I do not say that one should pray for that.
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- 1 John 5:16 Greek he
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