1Sa 16:1, 1Ch 28:4, Psa 89:19-20 | 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 Chronicles 28:4

4 Yet the Lord God of Israel ^echose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel ^fforever. ^gFor he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s ^hhouse, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

Psalms 89:19-20

19 ⁱOf old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts godly ones} and said:
“I have ^kgranted help to one who is ^lmighty;
I have exalted one ^mchosen from the people.
20 ⁿI have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have ^oanointed him,