1 Samuel 16:12

Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ ”

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

The woman conceived and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.”

and didn’t inquire of Yahweh. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, to your tents.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.

and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him;

However Yahweh, 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 prince; 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.

I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.” ’

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”

Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.

When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! He will have authority over my people.”

Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.

Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have creditd David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”

It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,

Now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.

but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.

I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.

Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

“Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.” ’ ”

Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place?

For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter.

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

then I will also cast away the offspring of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his offspring to be rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to be reversed and will have mercy on them.”

“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

You shall bring them near to Yahweh, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

“You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’

At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

But now your kingdom will not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”

Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.

For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed,

By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.