2 Samuel 3:18

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¹⁸Now then bring it about, ^(A)for the Lord has promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

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1 Samuel 15:28

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²⁸And Samuel said to him, ^(A)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

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Psalm 89:19-23

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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,
²¹so that my ^(G)hand shall be established with him;
    my arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not outwit him;
    ^(H)the wicked shall not humble him.
²³I will ^(I)crush his foes before him
    and strike down those who hate him.

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Psalm 89:19 Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones

Psalm 89:3-4

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³You have said, “I have made ^(A)a covenant with my ^(B)chosen one;
I have ^(C)sworn to David my servant:
⁴‘I will establish your ^(D)offspring forever,
and build your ^(E)throne for all generations.’” Selah

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Psalm 132:17-18

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¹⁷There I will make ^(A)a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared ^(B)a lamp for ^(C)my anointed.
¹⁸His enemies I will ^(D)clothe with shame,
but on him his crown will shine.”

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2 Samuel 3:9

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⁹^(A)God do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David ^(B)what the Lord has sworn to him,

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1 Samuel 16:12-13

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¹²And 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.” ¹³Then 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 16:1

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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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1 Samuel 13:14

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¹⁴But now ^(A)your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man ^(B)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 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 Septuagint adds the affliction of

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John 12:42-43

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⁴²Nevertheless, ^(A)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(B)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(C)confess it, so that they would not be ^(D)put out of the synagogue; ⁴³^(E)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.