2 Samuel 5:2

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²In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.^(A) And the Lord said^(B) to you, ‘You will shepherd^(C) my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.^(D)’”

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2 Samuel 7:8

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⁸“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock,^(A) and appointed you ruler^(B) over my people Israel.^(C)

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1 Chronicles 5:2

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²and though Judah^(A) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(B) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(C) belonged to Joseph)—

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1 Chronicles 17:7

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⁷“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler^(A) over my people Israel.

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Micah 5:2

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²“But you, Bethlehem^(A) Ephrathah,^(B)
    though you are small among the clans^[a] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler^(C) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,^(D)
    from ancient times.”^(E)