1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ¹  for himself a man who is loyal to him ²  and the Lord has appointed ³  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ⁴  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ⁵  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 16:12

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ⁷  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

Psalms 78:70-72

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

78:71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, ⁸ 

and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people,

and of Israel, his chosen nation. ⁹ 

78:72 David ¹⁰  cared for them with pure motives; ¹¹ 

he led them with skill. ¹² 

Psalms 89:19-20

89:19 Then you ¹³  spoke through a vision to your faithful followers ¹⁴  and said:

“I have energized a warrior; ¹⁵ 

I have raised up a young man ¹⁶  from the people.

89:20 I have discovered David, my servant.

With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. ¹⁷ 

Acts 13:22

13:22 After removing him, God ¹⁸  raised up ¹⁹  David their king. He testified about him: ²⁰  ‘I have found David ²¹  the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, ²²  who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’ ²³ 

[13:14]  ¹ tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “commanded.”

[16:1]  ⁴ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

[78:71]  ⁸ tn Heb “from after the ewes he brought him.”

[78:71]  ⁹ tn Heb “to shepherd Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.”

[78:72]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “He”; the referent (David, God’s chosen king, mentioned in v. 70) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[78:72]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart.”

[78:72]  ¹² tn Heb “and with the understanding of his hands he led them.”

[89:19]  ¹³ tn The pronoun “you” refers to the Lord, who is addressed here. The quotation that follows further develops the announcement of vv. 3-4.

[89:19]  ¹⁴ tc Many medieval mss read the singular here, “your faithful follower.” In this case the statement refers directly to Nathan’s oracle to David (see 2 Sam 7:17).

[89:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I have placed help upon a warrior.”

[89:19]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps “a chosen one.”

[89:20]  ¹⁷ tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification, indicating that a royal anointing is in view.

[13:22]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:22]  ¹⁹ sn The expression raised up refers here to making someone king. There is a wordplay here: “raising up” refers to bringing someone onto the scene of history, but it echoes with the parallel to Jesus’ resurrection.

[13:22]  ²⁰ tn Grk “about whom.” The relative pronoun (“whom”) was replaced by the pronoun “him” and a new sentence was begun in the translation at this point to improve the English style, due to the length of the sentence in Greek. The verb εἶπεν (eipen) has not been translated (literally “he said testifying”) because it is redundant when combined with the participle μαρτυρήσας (marturhsa", “testifying”). Instead the construction of verb plus participle has been translated as a single English verb (“testified”).

[13:22]  ²¹ sn A quotation from Ps 89:20.

[13:22]  ²² sn A quotation from 1 Sam 13:14.

[13:22]  ²³ tn Or “who will perform all my will,” “who will carry out all my wishes.”