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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1 Kings 19:16
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16 (A)And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and (B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
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John 19:10-11
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10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, (A)“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (B)he who delivered me over to you (C)has the greater sin.”
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Matthew 2:13
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The Flight to Egypt
13 Now when they had departed, behold, (A)an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
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Daniel 5:18
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18 O king, the (A)Most High God (B)gave (C)Nebuchadnezzar your father (D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
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Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”
Daniel 2:1
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Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
2 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; (A)his spirit was troubled, and (B)his sleep left him.
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
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5 “It is I who (A)by my great power and my outstretched arm (B)have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, (C)and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 (D)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, (E)my servant, (F)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. 7 (G)All the nations shall serve him and (H)his son and (I)his grandson, (J)until the time of his own land comes. (K)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
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Proverbs 8:15-16
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15 By me (A)kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16 by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth
Psalm 75:6-7
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6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes (A)lifting up,
7 but it is (B)God who executes judgment,
(C)putting down one and lifting up another.
2 Chronicles 22:7
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7 But it was ordained by[a] God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, (A)he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, (B)whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
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- 2 Chronicles 22:7 Hebrew was from
2 Kings 8:13
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13 And Hazael said, “What is your servant, (A)who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, (B)“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”
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1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was (A)ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, (B)“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took (C)the horn of oil (D)and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. (E)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
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1 Samuel 16:2
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2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, (A)‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
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1 Samuel 15:17
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17 And Samuel said, (A)“Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
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1 Samuel 15:1
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The Lord Rejects Saul
15 And Samuel said to Saul, (A)“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.
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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
Leviticus 8:12
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12 And (A)he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
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Exodus 29:7
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7 You shall take (A)the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
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Matthew 10:16
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Persecution Will Come
16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (B)wise as serpents and (C)innocent as doves.
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