1 Samuel 16:1
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David Anointed King
16 Now the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? (B)Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to (C)Jesse the Bethlehemite. For (D)I have [a]provided Myself a king among his sons.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:1 Lit. seen
2 Kings 9:1
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Jehu Anointed King of Israel
9 And Elisha the prophet called one of (A)the sons of the prophets, and said to him, (B)“Get[a] yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, (C)and go to Ramoth Gilead.
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- 2 Kings 9:1 Lit. Gird up your loins
2 Kings 9:3
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3 Then (A)take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.”
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2 Kings 9:6
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6 Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, (A)“Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
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