1Sa 15:28, 16:1, 11-13, 2Sa 6:21, 7:1, 8, 18-19, 1Ch 28:4-5, Act 13:22 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:28

28 And Samuel said to him, ^a“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, ^b“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^cI have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^dFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^efor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:11-13

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, ^f“There remains yet the youngest, ^{▼▼Or smallest} but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, ^h“Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ⁱruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, ^j“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took ^kthe horn of oil ^land anointed him in the midst of his brothers. ^mAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

2 Samuel 6:21

21 And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, ⁿwho chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord.

2 Samuel 7:1

The Lord’s Covenant with David

1 ^pNow when the king lived in his house and the Lord ^qhad given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

2 Samuel 7:8

8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^rI took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over my people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:18-19

David’s Prayer of Gratitude

18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, ^t“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. ^uYou have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!

1 Chronicles 28:4-5

4 Yet the Lord God of Israel ^vchose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel ^wforever. ^xFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s ^yhouse, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. 5 And of ^zall my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he ^aahas chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

Acts 13:22

22 And ^abwhen he had removed him, ^ache raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ^ad‘I have found in David the son of Jesse ^aea man after my heart, ^afwho will do all my will.’