2 Samuel 23:1

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David’s Final Words These are the final words of David:“The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised up as the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, Israel’s beloved singer of songs:

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  • 1 Sam 16:12-13 : 12 So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The LORD said,“Go and anoint him. This is the one!” 13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 “So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. 9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.
  • Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation.
  • Ps 89:20 : 20 I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Prayer for the Sick Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-15 : 13 Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, 14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. 15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.
  • Eph 5:19-20 : 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
  • Amos 6:5 : 5 They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
  • Luke 20:42 : 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand,
  • 1 Chr 16:4-5 : 4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the LORD God of Israel. 5 Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals;
  • 1 Chr 16:7 : 7 David Thanks God That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 16:9 : 9 Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Ps 72:20 : 20 This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.
  • Gen 49:1 : 1 The Blessing of Jacob Jacob called for his sons and said,“Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.
  • Deut 33:1 : 1 Introduction to the Blessing of Moses This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
  • Josh 23:1-9 : 1 Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old. 2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old. 3 You saw everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the LORD your God fights for you. 4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated. 5 The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the LORD your God promised you. 6 Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left, 7 or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them! 8 But you must be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this very day. 9 “The LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day. 10 One of you makes a thousand run away, for the LORD your God fights for you as he promised you he would. 11 Watch yourselves carefully! Love the LORD your God! 12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, 13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you. 14 “Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the LORD your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized– not one promise is unfulfilled! 15 But in the same way every faithful promise the LORD your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the LORD will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land which the LORD your God gave you. 16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
  • 1 Sam 2:10 : 10 The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”

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  • 2 Sam 23:2-3
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    2The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

    3The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,

  • Ps 72:19-20
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    19His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!

    20This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.

  • 2 Sam 22:1-2
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    1David Sings to the Lord David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.

    2He said:“The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

  • 1 Chr 29:28-30
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    28He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him.

    29King David’s accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet.

    30Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms.

  • 1 Chr 23:1
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    1David Organizes the Levites When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:26
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    26David’s Reign Comes to an End David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:1
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    1David’s Final Words to Solomon When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.

  • 2 Sam 1:14-17
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    14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

    15Then David called one of the soldiers and said,“Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

    16David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”

    17David’s Tribute to Saul and Jonathan Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
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    10David Praises the Lord David praised the LORD before the entire assembly:“O LORD God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
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    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
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    25For David said,“The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 22:51
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    51He gives his king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!”

  • 1 Chr 22:17
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    17David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.

  • Acts 13:22
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    22After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him:‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

  • Acts 2:29
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    29“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the LORD’s message that came through Samuel.

  • Ps 89:20
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    20I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

  • Acts 13:34
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    34But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way:‘I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.’

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    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
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    18Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

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    12Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
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    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • Ps 132:1-2
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    1A song of ascents. O LORD, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,

    2and how he made a vow to the LORD, and swore an oath to the Powerful One of Jacob.

  • Ps 18:50
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    50He gives his king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever.”

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32King David said,“Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” They came before the king,

  • 1 Chr 29:20
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    20David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
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    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
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    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
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    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • 1 Sam 26:10
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    10David went on to say,“As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

  • 1 Sam 17:58
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    58Saul said to him,“Whose son are you, young man?” David replied,“I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem.”

  • 1 Chr 23:27
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    27According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

  • 1 Chr 17:23
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    23So now, O LORD, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised,

  • 1 Sam 26:17
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    17When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said,“Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied,“Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”

  • 2 Sam 7:17
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    17Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
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    7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
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    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.

  • Ps 89:52
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    52The LORD deserves praise forevermore! We agree! We agree!