1 CHRONICLES 17:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.”
'Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel' — God recites David's election narrative, emphasizing humble origins. Hebrew 'qatz' (take) and 'ar' (shepherd) show David as shepherded, then shepherd—radical elevation. Divine grace, not merit, explains kingship.
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