Deuteronomy 17:15

English Standard Version 2016

you may indeed set a king over you whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

Cross References

Jeremiah 30:21

Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the Lord.

1 Chronicles 22:10

He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’

1 Chronicles 12:23

These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:24

And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

Jeremiah 2:25

Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.’

Psalm 2:6

“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

2 Samuel 5:2

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”

Matthew 22:17

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

1 Chronicles 28:5

And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:5

and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

1 Samuel 16:3

And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.”

2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

Psalm 89:20

I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,