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28 So Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.(A)

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28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(A) the kingdom(B) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(C)

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30 And when the Lord fulfills for my lord the promise of success he has made concerning you, and appoints you as ruler over Israel,(A)

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30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(A) over Israel,

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15 but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul who was before you.(A) 16 Your house and your kingdom are firm forever before me; your throne shall be firmly established forever.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:16 The unconditional promise made here, and reflected in Ps 89:34–35, stands in contrast to the tradition in Ps 132:12, where the continuation of the line of David depends on their fidelity to the Lord; cf. also 1 Kgs 2:4; 6:12; 8:25.

15 But my love will never be taken away from him,(A) as I took it away from Saul,(B) whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[a]; your throne(C) will be established(D) forever.(E)’”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts you

70 He chose David his servant,
    took him from the sheepfolds.(A)

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70 He chose David(A) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;

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22 Then he removed him and raised up David as their king; of him he testified, ‘I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.’(A)

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22 After removing Saul,(A) he made David their king.(B) God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;(C) he will do everything I want him to do.’(D)

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