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- 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose{H8799)} David also his servant, and took{H8799)} him from the sheepfolds: 71 From following the ewes great with young{H8802)} he brought{H8689)} him to feed{H8800)} Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed{H8686)} them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided{H8686)} them by the skilfulness of his hands.
- Ps 89:19-37 : 19 Then thou spakest{H8765)} in vision to thy holy one, and saidst{H8799)}, I have laid{H8765)} help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted{H8689)} one chosen{H8803)} out of the people. 20 I have found{H8804)} David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed{H8804)} him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established{H8735)}: mine arm also shall strengthen{H8762)} him. 22 The enemy{H8802)} shall not exact{H8686)} upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict{H8762)} him. 23 And I will beat down{H8804)} his foes before his face, and plague{H8799)} them that hate{H8764)} him. 24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted{H8799)}. 25 I will set{H8804)} his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 26 He shall cry{H8799)} unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 Also I will make{H8799)} him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 28 My mercy will I keep{H8799)} for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast{H8737)} with him. 29 His seed also will I make{H8804)} to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake{H8799)} my law, and walk{H8799)} not in my judgments; 31 If they break{H8762)} my statutes, and keep{H8799)} not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit{H8804)} their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take{H8686)} from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail{H8762)}. 34 My covenant will I not break{H8762)}, nor alter{H8762)} the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} unto David. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established{H8735)} for ever as the moon, and as a faithful{H8737)} witness in heaven. Selah.
- 1 Sam 13:13-14 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
- 1 Sam 31:6 : 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
- 2 Sam 5:3-5 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons,(for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- Ezek 37:24-25 : 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
- 1 Sam 12:25 : 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- Heb 11:4-5 : 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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- 1 Kgs 8:15-184 verses73%
15And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
18And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
- 1 Kgs 11:37-382 verses71%
37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
- 1 Chr 17:11-144 verses71%
11And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
- 1 Kgs 8:24-252 verses70%
24Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
25Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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