1 Samuel 10:1

Saul Anointed King

1 aThen Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head band kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince
Or leader
over dhis people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince
Septuagint; Hebrew lacks  over his people Israel? And you shall. . . . to be prince
over his heritage.

1 Samuel 12:5

5And he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and fhis anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything gin my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”

1 Samuel 24:6

6He said to his men, h“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is ithe Lord’s anointed.”

2 Samuel 1:14-16

14David said to him, “How is it you were not jafraid to put out your hand to destroy kthe Lord’s anointed?” 15Then lDavid called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died. 16And David said to him, m“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed nthe Lord’s anointed.’”

Matthew 22:21

21They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, oTherefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Romans 13:1-7

Submission to the Authorities

1Let every person pbe subject to the governing authorities. For qthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you rwill receive his approval, 4for she is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, tan avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also ufor the sake of conscience. 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 vPay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

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