Psalm 60:6
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6 God has promised in his sanctuary,[a]
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.(A)
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- 60.6 Or by his holiness
Genesis 12:6
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6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak[a] of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.(A)
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- 12.6 Or terebinth
Psalm 89:35
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35 Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;
I will not lie to David.(A)
Joshua 13:27
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27 and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.(A)
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Amos 4:2
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2 The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:
The time is surely coming upon you
when they shall take you away with hooks,
even the last of you with fishhooks.(A)
Psalm 119:162
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162 I rejoice at your word
like one who finds great spoil.(A)
Psalm 56:4
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4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me?(A)
Joshua 1:6
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6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall lead this people to possess the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.
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Luke 1:45-47
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45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be[a] a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.”
Mary’s Song of Praise
46 And Mary[b] said,
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Jeremiah 23:9
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False Prophets of Hope Denounced
9 Concerning the prophets:
My heart is crushed within me;
all my bones shake;
I have become like a drunkard,
like one overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and because of his holy words.(A)
Psalm 132:11
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11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body
I will set on your throne.(A)
Psalm 108:7-13
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7 God has promised in his sanctuary:[a]
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.(A)
9 Moab is my washbasin;
on Edom I hurl my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.(B)
12 O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.
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- 108.7 Or by his holiness
Psalm 89:19
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19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one and said,
“I have set the crown[a] on one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.(A)
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- 89.19 Cn: Heb help
2 Samuel 7:18-20
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David’s Prayer
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?(A) 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God; you have spoken also of your servant’s house into the distant future. May this be instruction for the people,[a] O Lord God! 20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God!(B)
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- 7.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Samuel 5:1-3
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David Anointed King of All Israel
5 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your bone and flesh.(A) 2 For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”(B) 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.(C)
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2 Samuel 3:18
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18 Now then bring it about, for the Lord has promised David: Through my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from all their enemies.”(A)
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2 Samuel 2:8-9
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Ishbaal King of Israel
8 But Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal[a] son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. 9 He made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.(A)
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- 2.8 Gk: Heb Ish-bosheth
Joshua 24:32
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32 The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money;[a] it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.(A)
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- 24.32 Heb one hundred qesitah
Joshua 24:1
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The Tribes Renew the Covenant
24 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.(A)
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Joshua 20:7
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7 So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.(A)
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Joshua 17:7
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7 The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.(A)
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Genesis 33:17-18
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17 But Jacob journeyed to Succoth[a] and built himself a house and made booths for his cattle; therefore the place is called Succoth.(A)
Jacob Reaches Shechem
18 Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.(B)
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- 33.17 That is, booths
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