Acts 2:29

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“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.

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  • Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,
  • 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.
  • Acts 7:8-9 : 8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. 9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
  • Heb 7:4 : 4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
  • Neh 3:16 : 16 Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.
  • Acts 26:26 : 26 For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

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