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
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.’”
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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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.
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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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
Isaiah 55:4
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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 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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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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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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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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John 10:3-4
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3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
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1 Samuel 18:16
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16 (A)But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
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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 16:1
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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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2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah (A)the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: (B)I have heard your prayer; (C)I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord,
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1 Samuel 25:28
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28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord (A)a sure house, because my lord (B)is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
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1 Samuel 18:5
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5 And David went out (A)and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
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1 Samuel 13:14
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14 But 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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