2 Samuel 3:18
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18 Now then, do it! (A)For the Lord has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David, [a]I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand of all their enemies.’ ”
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- 2 Samuel 3:18 So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg.; MT he
1 Samuel 15:28
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28 So Samuel said to him, (A)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, 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 Then You spoke in a vision to Your [a]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one (A)chosen from the people.
20 (B)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
21 (C)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not [b]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.
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- Psalm 89:19 So with many Heb. mss.; MT, LXX, Tg., Vg. holy ones
- Psalm 89:22 Or exact usury from him
Psalm 89:3-4
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3 “I(A) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have (B)sworn to My servant David:
4 ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne (C)to all generations.’ ” Selah
Psalm 132:17-18
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17 (A)There I will make the [a]horn of David grow;
(B)I will prepare a lamp for My [b]Anointed.
18 His enemies I will (C)clothe with shame,
But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”
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- Psalm 132:17 Government
- Psalm 132:17 Heb. Messiah
2 Samuel 3:9
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9 (A)May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David (B)as the Lord has sworn to him—
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1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was (A)ruddy, (B)with [a]bright eyes, and good-looking. (C)And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and (D)the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
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- 1 Samuel 16:12 Lit. beautiful
1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? (B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to (C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For (D)I have [a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:1 Lit. seen
1 Samuel 13:14
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14 (A)But now your kingdom shall not continue. (B)The Lord has sought for Himself a man (C)after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have (D)not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
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1 Samuel 9:16
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16 “Tomorrow about this time (A)I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, (B)and you shall anoint him [a]commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have (C)looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 prince or ruler
John 12:42-43
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Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but (A)because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 (B)for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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