Verse 4
Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel.
Referenced Verses
- 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 For Iuda preuayled aboue his brethren, & of his tribe came the chiefe, and the birthright was geuen to Ioseph.)
- 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 The Lorde sayd vnto Samuel: Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seing I haue cast him away from raigning ouer Israel? Fill thyne horne with oyntment, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlemite: for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes.
- 1 Sam 16:6-9 : 6 And when they were come, he loked on Eliab, & saide: Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him. 7 But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Loke not on his fashion, or on ye height of his stature, because I haue refused him: For God seeth not as man seeth. For man loketh on the outward appearaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the heart. 8 Then Isai called Abinadab, & made him come before Samuel, and he sayd: Neither hath the Lorde chosen this. 9 Then Isai made Samma come, and he sayd: Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him. 10 Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel, and Samuel sayd vnto Isai: The Lorde hath chosen none of these. 11 And Samuel sayde vnto Isai: Are heare all thy children? He sayde: There is, yet a litle one behind, that kepeth the sheepe. And Samuel said vnto Isai, Sende and fet him: for we will not syt downe, till he be come hyther. 12 And he sent, and brought him in: And he was ruddie, and of an excellet beawtie, and wel fauoured in sight. And the Lorde said, Aryse & annoynt him: For this is he. 13 Therefore Samuel toke the horne with the annoyntment, and annoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde: And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.
- Gen 49:8-9 : 8 Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee. 9 Iuda is a lions whelpe: fro thy spoyle my sonne thou art come on hye. He layed him downe, and couched himselfe as a lion, and as a lionesse: who wyll stirre hym vp? 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be.
- 1 Chr 17:23 : 23 Therfore now Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruaunt & his house, be true for euer, that thou Lord do as thou hast sayde:
- 1 Chr 17:27 : 27 Nowe therefore let it be thy pleasure to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it may continue before thee for euer: For whom thou blessest O Lorde, the same is blessed for euer.
- Ps 18:19 : 19 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie: he brought me foorth, because he had a fauour vnto me.
- Ps 60:7 : 7 Gilead shalbe myne, and Manasses shalbe myne: Ephraim also shalbe the strength of my head, and Iuda my law geuer.
- Ps 78:68-72 : 68 But he chose the tribe of Iuda: euen the hill of Sion which he loued. 69 And there he buylded his temple on high: and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue. 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt: and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes. 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym: that he might feede Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritaunce. 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart: and guided them by the discretion of his handes.
- Ps 89:16-27 : 16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name: and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues. 17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes. 18 For our shielde is of God: and our king is of the most holy of Israel. 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes: and hast sayde, I haue added ayde vpon the mightie, I haue exalted one chose out of the people. 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle. 21 Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym. 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence: the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym. 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face: and ouerthrowe them that hate hym. 24 My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted. 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea: and his right hande in the fluddes. 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me: saying thou art my father O my God, and my fortresse of saluation. 27 And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth.
- Ps 108:8 : 8 Gilead shalbe myne, and Manasses shalbe mine: Ephraim also shalbe the strength of my head, and Iuda my law geuer.
- Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: he delighteth not in the legges of a man. 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
- Heb 7:14 : 14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood:
- 1 Sam 26:1 : 1 The Ziphites came againe vnto Saul to Gibea, saying: Doth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilia, which is before Iesimon?
- 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therfore, so say vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayeth the lord of hoastes, I toke thee from the sheepe coate as thou wast folowing sheepe, that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people ouer Israel. 9 And I was with thee in all that thou wentest to, and haue destroyed all thyne enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 (Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, & moue no more: neither shall wicked people trouble them any more, as before time, 11 And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome. 13 He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer. 14 I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee. 16 And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.