2 Samuel 7:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

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  • 2 Sam 6:21 : 21 And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here. 12 So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
  • 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my people, whose cry has come up to me.
  • 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
  • 1 Chr 17:7 : 7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;
  • Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks; 71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 17:4-8
    5 verses
    97%

    4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

    5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

    6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

    7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

    8 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    81%

    2 In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

  • 2 Sam 7:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

    10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

    11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

  • Ps 78:70-71
    2 verses
    81%

    70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

    71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
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    80%

    15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

    16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-7
    3 verses
    80%

    5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

    6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

    7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    80%

    2 In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

  • 1 Kgs 11:37-38
    2 verses
    79%

    37 And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

    38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    77%

    7 And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

  • 1 Kgs 14:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

    8 And took the kingdom away by force from the seed of David and gave it to you, you have not been like my servant David, who kept my orders, and was true to me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

  • Ezek 34:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

    24 And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

  • Amos 7:15
    77%

    15 And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 7:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

    18 Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
    76%

    4 Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

  • 2 Sam 7:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

    19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

    20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.

  • 2 Chr 6:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

    5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

    6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

  • Ezek 37:24
    75%

    24 And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

    26 So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

  • 2 Sam 7:27
    75%

    27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

  • 2 Sam 7:25
    75%

    25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

  • 1 Chr 17:10
    75%

    10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    74%

    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
    74%

    20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 1:35
    74%

    35 Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 9:5
    74%

    5 Then I will make the seat of your rule over Israel certain for ever, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:16
    74%

    16 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    74%

    34 And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    73%

    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    73%

    34 But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

  • 2 Chr 1:9
    73%

    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

  • Ezek 34:7
    73%

    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord: