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Isaiah 55:5
so you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you.”
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2 Samuel 3 1
During the long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, David was growing stronger and the house of Saul was becoming weaker.
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Ephesians 1:22
And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church,
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1 Peter 2 10
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Acts 5:31
God exalted this man to his right hand as ruler and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
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Romans 15:18
For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,
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Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.
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Psalms 22:27-28
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,for kingship belongs to the LORD; he rules the nations.
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Romans 16:26
but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles—
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2 Samuel 19 9
People throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying,“ The king rescued us from the grasp of our enemies, and he saved us from the grasp of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
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Isaiah 52:15
so he will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of him, for they will see what had not been told them, and they will understand what they had not heard.
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2 Samuel 22 44-2 Samuel 22 46
You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear, they obey me.Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.
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Romans 15:12
And again, Isaiah says, The root of Jesse will appear, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; the Gentiles will hope in him.
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2 Samuel 2 9-2 Samuel 2 10
He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin— over all Israel.Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel; he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
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2 Samuel 8 1-2 Samuel 8 18
After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.David took the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.King David also took huge quantities of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Toi and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Joram had items of silver, gold, and bronze with him.King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary;Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials.
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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.
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Isaiah 49:22-23
This is what the Lord GOD says: Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.Kings will be your guardians and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who put their hope in me will not be put to shame.
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2 Samuel 5 1-2 Samuel 5 25
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,“ Here we are, your own flesh and blood.Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The LORD also said to you,‘ You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.’”So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the LORD’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.David was thirty years old when he began his reign; he reigned forty years.In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David,“ You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you” thinking,“ David can’t get in here.”Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.He said that day,“ Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David.” For this reason it is said,“ The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.David became more and more powerful, and the LORD God of Armies was with him.King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.So the Philistines came and spread out in Rephaim Valley.Then David inquired of the LORD:“ Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD replied to David,“ Attack, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said,“ Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” Therefore, he named that place The Lord Bursts Out.The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.The Philistines came up again and spread out in Rephaim Valley.So David inquired of the LORD, and he answered,“ Do not attack directly, but circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees.When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”So David did exactly as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
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Psalms 108:9
Moab is my washbasin; I throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
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Isaiah 49:6
he says,“ It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
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2 Samuel 10 1-2 Samuel 10 19
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.Then David said,“ I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent his emissaries to console Hanun concerning his father. However, when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun their lord,“ Just because David has sent men with condolences for you, do you really believe he’s showing respect for your father? Instead, hasn’t David sent his emissaries in order to scout out the city, spy on it, and demolish it?”So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved off half their beards, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said,“ Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”When the Ammonites realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.David heard about it and sent Joab and all the elite troops.The Ammonites marched out and lined up in battle formation at the entrance to the city gate while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were in the field by themselves.When Joab saw that there was a battle line in front of him and another behind him, he chose some of Israel’s finest young men and lined up in formation to engage the Arameans.He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai. They lined up in formation to engage the Ammonites.“ If the Arameans are too strong for me,” Joab said,“ then you will be my help. However, if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I’ll come to help you.Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD’s will be done.”Joab and his troops advanced to fight against the Arameans, and they fled before him.When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab withdrew from the attack against the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem.When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.Hadadezer sent messengers to bring the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam with Shobach, commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans lined up to engage David in battle and fought against him.But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach commander of their army, who died there.When all the kings who were Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. After this, the Arameans were afraid to ever help the Ammonites again.
