2 Chronicles 10:16
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16 When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king,
“What share do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Each of you to your tents, O Israel!
Look now to your own house, O David.”
So all Israel departed to their tents.(A)
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2 Chronicles 10:19
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19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.(A)
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2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,
“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)
Revelation 22:16
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16 “It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:25
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25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(A)
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Acts 2:30
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30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne.(A)
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John 7:53
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John 6:66
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66 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.
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Luke 19:27
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27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
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Amos 9:11
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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
and raise up its[b] ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)
Ezekiel 37:24-25
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24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes.(A) 25 They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and their children’s children shall live there forever, and my servant David shall be their prince forever.(B)
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Jeremiah 33:25-26
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25 Thus says the Lord: Only if I had not established my covenant with day and night and the ordinances of heaven and earth(A) 26 would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy upon them.(B)
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Jeremiah 33:20-21
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20 Thus says the Lord: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,(A) 21 only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my ministers the Levites.(B)
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Isaiah 11:1
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Isaiah 9:6-7
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6 For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(A)
7 Great will be his authority,[a]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 132:17
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17 There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.(A)
Psalm 89:29-37
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29 I will establish his line forever
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.(A)
30 If his children forsake my law
and do not walk according to my ordinances,(B)
31 if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with scourges,(C)
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness.(D)
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter the word that went forth from my lips.(E)
35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(F)
36 His line shall continue forever,
and his throne endure before me like the sun.(G)
37 It shall be established forever like the moon,
an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah
Psalm 76:10
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10 Human wrath serves only to praise you,
when you bind the last bit of your[a] wrath around you.(A)
Footnotes
- 76.10 Heb lacks your
Psalm 2:1-6
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(B)
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord has them in derision.(C)
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath
and terrify them in his fury, saying,(D)
6 “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”(E)
1 Chronicles 17:14
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14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.”(A)
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1 Kings 12:16-17
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16 When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king,
“What share do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Look now to your own house, O David.”
So Israel went away to their tents.(A) 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.(B)
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1 Kings 11:34-39
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34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom away from him but will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David whom I chose and who did keep my commandments and my statutes, 35 but I will take the kingdom away from his son and give it to you—that is, the ten tribes.(A) 36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.(B) 37 I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires; you shall be king over Israel. 38 If you will listen to all that I command you, walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you an enduring house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.(C) 39 For this reason I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever.”
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1 Kings 11:13
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13 I will not, however, tear away the entire kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(A)
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2 Samuel 16:11
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11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:13
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David Flees from Jerusalem
13 A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the Israelites have gone after Absalom.”(A)
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