1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1The Lord said to Samuel, aHow 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 16:12-13

12And he sent and brought him in. Now he was eruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, fArise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13Then Samuel took gthe horn of oil hand anointed him in the midst of his brothers. iAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 25:30

30And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince
Or leader
over Israel,

2 Samuel 7:7

7In all places where kI have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with lany of the judges
Compare 1 Chronicles 17:6; Hebrew tribes
of Israel, whom I commanded nto shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’

Psalms 78:70-72

70He ochose David his servant
and took him from the sheepfolds;
71from pfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to qshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his rinheritance.
72With supright heart he shepherded them
and tguided them with his skillful hand.

Isaiah 40:11

11 uHe will tend his flock like a shepherd;
vhe will gather the lambs in his arms;
whe will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:23

23And xI will set up over them one shepherd, ymy servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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