1 Chronicles 28:4 Cross References - ACV

⁴ However LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be ruler, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

⁸ Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

¹ And LORD said to Samuel, How long will thou mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go. I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among his sons.

⁶ And it came to pass, when they came, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely LORD's anointed is before him. ⁷ But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For LORD sees not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart. ⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has LORD chosen this man. ⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has LORD chosen this man. ¹⁰ And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, LORD has not chosen these men. ¹¹ And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all thy sons here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he comes here. ¹² And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and of a beautiful countenance, and fine to look upon. And LORD said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he. ¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

¹ And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?

⁸ Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel. ⁹ And I have been with thee wherever thou went, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee. And I will make thee a great name, like the name of the great ones that are on the earth. ¹⁰ And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. Neither shall the sons of iniquity afflict them any more, as at the first, ¹¹ and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover LORD tells thee that LORD will make thee a house. ¹² When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shall sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ¹⁴ I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men, ¹⁵ but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure forever before thee; thy throne shall be established forever.

² Now Judah prevailed above his brothers, and the ruler came from him, but the birthright was Joseph's),

²³ And now, O LORD, let the word that thou have spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as thou have spoken.

²⁷ and now it has pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.

¹⁹ He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

⁷ Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.

⁶⁸ but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. ⁶⁹ And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever. ⁷⁰ He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. ⁷¹ He brought him from following the ewes that have their young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

¹⁶ In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted. ¹⁷ For thou are the glory of their strength, and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. ¹⁸ For our shield belongs to LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁹ Then thou spoke in a vision to thy sanctified, and said, I have laid help upon a mighty man. I have exalted a chosen man out of the people. ²⁰ I have found David my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him, ²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen him. ²² The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³ And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite those who hate him, ²⁴ but my faithfulness and my loving kindness shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ I will also set his hand on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ²⁷ I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

⁸ Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.

¹⁰ He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, regarding which tribe Moses spoke nothing about the priesthood.