1Sa 16:1, 13, 2Sa 7:7, Psa 78:71, Isa 40:11, Jer 3:15, Mic 5:2, 4 | ESV | STEP | The Lord said to Samuel , How long will you grieve over Saul , since I have rejected him from being king over Israel ? Fill your horn with oil , and go . I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite , for I have provided for myself a king among his sons .

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The 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 16:13

13 Then Samuel took ^ethe horn of oil ^fand anointed him in the midst of his brothers. ^gAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

2 Samuel 7:7

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

Psalms 78:71

71 from ^lfollowing the nursing ewes he brought him
to ^mshepherd Jacob his people,
Israel his ⁿinheritance.

Isaiah 40:11

11 ^oHe will tend his flock like a shepherd;
^phe will gather the lambs in his arms;
^qhe will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

Jeremiah 3:15

15 “‘And ^rI will give you shepherds after my own heart, ^swho will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^uBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ^vJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^wruler in Israel,
^xwhose coming forth is ^yfrom of old,
from ancient days.

Micah 5:4

4 And he shall stand ^zand shepherd his flock ^aain the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now ^abhe shall be great
to the ends of the earth.