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Deuteronomy 17:15
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Deuteronomy 17:15
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15 you may indeed set a king over you (A)whom the Lord your God will choose. One (B)from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
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Deuteronomy 17:15
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Deuteronomy 17:15
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15 be sure to appoint(A) over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites.(B) Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.
Jeremiah 30:21
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Jeremiah 30:21
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21 (A)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
(B)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
(C)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
(D)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 30:21
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Jeremiah 30:21
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1 Chronicles 22:10
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1 Chronicles 22:10
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10 (A)He shall build a house for my name. (B)He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’
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1 Chronicles 22:10
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1 Chronicles 22:10
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10 He is the one who will build a house for my Name.(A) He will be my son,(B) and I will be his father. And I will establish(C) the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’(D)
1 Chronicles 12:23
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1 Chronicles 12:23
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23 These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops (A)who came to David in Hebron (B)to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, (C)according to the word of the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 12:23
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1 Chronicles 12:23
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23 These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron(A) to turn(B) Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said:(C)
1 Samuel 16:12-13
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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 16:12-13
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1 Samuel 16:12-13
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12 So he(A) sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome(B) features.
Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.”
13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed(C) him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord(D) came powerfully upon David.(E) Samuel then went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 10:24
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1 Samuel 10:24
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24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him (A)whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, (B)“Long live the king!”
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1 Samuel 10:24
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1 Samuel 10:24
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24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?(A) There is no one like(B) him among all the people.”
Then the people shouted, “Long live(C) the king!”
1 Samuel 9:15-17
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1 Samuel 9:15-17
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15 Now the day before Saul came, (A)the Lord had (B)revealed to Samuel: 16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, (C)and you shall anoint him to be prince[a] over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. (D)For I have seen[b] my people, because their cry has come to me.” 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, (E)“Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 Or leader
- 1 Samuel 9:16 Septuagint adds the affliction of
1 Samuel 9:15-17
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1 Samuel 9:15-17
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15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel: 16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint(A) him ruler(B) over my people Israel; he will deliver(C) them from the hand of the Philistines.(D) I have looked on my people, for their cry(E) has reached me.”
17 When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, “This(F) is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people.”
Matthew 22:17
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Matthew 22:17
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17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay (A)taxes to (B)Caesar, or not?”
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Matthew 22:17
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Matthew 22:17
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- Matthew 22:17 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
Jeremiah 2:25
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Jeremiah 2:25
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25 Keep (A)your feet from going unshod
and (B)your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
(C)for I have loved foreigners,
and after them I will go.’
Jeremiah 2:25
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Jeremiah 2:25
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Psalm 2:6
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Psalm 2:6
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Psalm 2:6
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Psalm 2:6
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Psalm 2:2
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Psalm 2:2
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2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (A)Anointed, saying,
Psalm 2:2
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Psalm 2:2
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2 Samuel 5:2
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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
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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.(A) And the Lord said(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.(D)’”
1 Chronicles 28:5
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1 Chronicles 28:5
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5 And of (A)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (B)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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1 Chronicles 28:5
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1 Chronicles 28:5
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5 Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many(A)—he has chosen my son Solomon(B) to sit on the throne(C) of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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