1 Samuel 16:1
David Anointed King
1The Lord said to Samuel, a“How long will you grieve over Saul, since bI have rejected him from being king over Israel? cFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, dfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”1 Samuel 16:10
10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.”1 Samuel 16:12
12And he sent and brought him in. Now he was eruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, f“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”2 Samuel 8:15
David’s Officials
15So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.Psalms 78:68-71
68but he chose the tribe of Judah,Mount Zion, which he gloves.
69He hbuilt his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70He ichose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71from jfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to kshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his linheritance.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
5 m“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous nBranch, and ohe shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6In his days Judah will be saved, and pIsrael will qdwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: r‘The Lord is our righteousness.’Micah 5:2
2 ▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
tBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of uJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be vruler in Israel,
wwhose coming forth is xfrom of old,
from ancient days.
Matthew 2:6
6 y“‘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 zshepherd my people Israel.’”
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