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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, (A)it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, (B)‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince[a] over Israel.’”
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- 2 Samuel 5:2 Or leader
2 Samuel 5:2
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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.(A) And the Lord said(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.(D)’”
Matthew 2:6
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Matthew 2:6
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6 (A)“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will (B)shepherd my people Israel.’”
Matthew 2:6
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Matthew 2:6
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Ezekiel 37:24-25
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Ezekiel 37:24-25
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24 “My servant (A)David (B)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (C)one shepherd. (D)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (E)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (F)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (G)forever.
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Ezekiel 37:24-25
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Ezekiel 37:24-25
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24 “‘My servant David(A) will be king(B) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(C) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(D) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(E) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(F) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(G)
Micah 5:4
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Micah 5:4
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4 And he shall stand (A)and shepherd his flock (B)in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now (C)he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
Micah 5:4
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Micah 5:4
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Ezekiel 34:23
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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Ezekiel 34:23
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Ezekiel 34:23
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23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(A) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(B)
2 Samuel 7:7
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2 Samuel 7:7
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7 In all places where (A)I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with (B)any of the judges[a] of Israel, whom I commanded (C)to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’
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- 2 Samuel 7:7 Compare 1 Chronicles 17:6; Hebrew tribes
2 Samuel 7:7
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2 Samuel 7:7
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Isaiah 55:4
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Isaiah 55:4
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Isaiah 55:4
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Isaiah 55:4
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1 Samuel 25:30
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1 Samuel 25:30
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30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince[a] over Israel,
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1 Samuel 25:30
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1 Samuel 25:30
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30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(A) over Israel,
1 Samuel 18:13
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1 Samuel 18:13
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13 So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. (A)And he went out and came in before the people.
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1 Samuel 18:13
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1 Samuel 18:13
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13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led(A) the troops in their campaigns.(B)
John 10:11
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John 10:11
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11 (A)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (B)lays down his life for the sheep.
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John 10:11
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John 10:11
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Isaiah 40:11
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Psalm 78:70-72
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Psalm 78:70-72
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Psalm 78:70-72
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Psalm 78:70-72
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Numbers 27:17
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Numbers 27:17
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17 who (A)shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)as sheep that have no shepherd.”
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Numbers 27:17
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Numbers 27:17
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17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(A)
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