2 Chronicles 9:8
9:8 May the
Lord your God be praised because he favored
you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf!
Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them,
he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
The Basis of Israel’s Election
7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
7:8 Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 7:1
The Dispossession of Nonvassals
7:1 When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you – Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you –
Deuteronomy 10:9
10:9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance
among his brothers;
the
Lord is his inheritance just as the
Lord your God told him.
Psalms 72:17
72:17 May his fame endure!
May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky!
May they use his name when they formulate their blessings!
May all nations consider him to be favored by God!