20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 2 earlier texts.

• Ps 89:20 · adapted
  "I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:"
  Psalm 89: I found David my servant — Paul at Antioch
• 1Sam 13:14 · adapted
  "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee."
  Samuel: a man after God's own heart — Paul describes David

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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• Kingship of Christ

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 10:13 — So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire
• 1Chr 28:4 — Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;
• 1Kgs 3:14 — And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
• 1Kgs 14:8 — And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only w
• 1Kgs 15:3 — And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
• 1Kgs 15:5 — Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
• 1Kgs 15:5 — Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
• 1Sam 12:25 — But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
• 1Sam 13:13 — And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for
• 1Sam 13:14 — But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LOR
• 1Sam 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
• 1Sam 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
• 1Sam 15:26 — And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
• 1Sam 15:28 — And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
• 1Sam 15:28 — And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
• 1Sam 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo
• 1Sam 16:13 — Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• 1Sam 31:6 — So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
• 2Sam 2:4 — And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
• 2Sam 5:3 — So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
• 2Sam 6:21 — And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play befo
• 2Sam 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• 2Sam 7:15 — But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
• Acts 7:46 — Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
• Acts 7:46 — Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
• Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• Acts 15:8 — And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
• Ezek 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezek 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Heb 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
• Hos 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
• Hos 13:10 — I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
• Isa 11:1 — And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
• Jer 33:21 — Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
• Jer 33:26 — Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to retu
• Mark 10:47 — And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
• Matt 6:10 — Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
• Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
• Ps 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.