Acts 13:22

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

After God took Saul away, God made David their king. This is what God said about David: ‘David, the son of Jesse, is the kind of person who does what pleases me. He will do everything I want him to do.’

Cross References

1 Kings 15:5

David had always done what the Lord said was right. He had always obeyed his commands. The only time David did not obey the Lord was when he sinned against Uriah the Hittite.

1 Samuel 16:13

Samuel took the horn with the oil in it, and poured the special oil on Jesse’s youngest son in front of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord came on David with great power from that day on. Then Samuel went back home to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you feel sorry for Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. Fill your horn with oil and go to Bethlehem. I am sending you to Jesse who lives in Bethlehem, because I have chosen one of his sons to be the new king.”

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said to Saul, “In this same way the Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today. He has given the kingdom to one of your friends, a man who is a better person than you.

1 Samuel 15:26

But Samuel said to Saul, “I won’t go back with you. You rejected the Lord’s command, and now the Lord rejects you as king of Israel.”

Acts 7:46

God was very pleased with David. He asked God to let him build a Temple for the people of Jacob.

1 Kings 15:3

He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. In this way he was not like his grandfather, David.

2 Samuel 7:8

“You must say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: I chose you while you were out in the pasture following the sheep. I took you from that job and made you the leader of my people, the Israelites.

2 Samuel 2:4

The men of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David to be the king of Judah. Then they told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead buried Saul.”

1 Samuel 15:23

Refusing to obey is as bad as the sin of sorcery. Being stubborn and doing what you want is like the sin of worshiping idols. You refused to obey the Lord’s command, so he now refuses to accept you as king.”

Acts 15:8

God knows everyone, even their thoughts, and he accepted these non-Jewish people. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit the same as he did to us.

Hosea 3:5

After this, the people of Israel will come back and look for the Lord their God and for David their king. In the last days they will come to honor the Lord and his goodness.

Jeremiah 33:26

Then maybe I would turn away from Jacob’s descendants. And then maybe I would not let David’s descendants rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But David is my servant, and I will be kind to those people. I will again cause good things to happen to them.”

Psalm 2:6

He says, “I have chosen this man to be king, and he will rule on Zion, my holy mountain.”

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord. He did not obey the Lord’s word. Saul also went to a medium and asked her for advice

2 Samuel 7:15

But I will never stop loving him. I will continue to be loyal to him. I took away my love and kindness from Saul. I pushed Saul away when I turned to you.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, and the boy who carried his armor all died together that day.

1 Samuel 15:11

“Saul has stopped following me, so I am sorry that I made him king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you are stubborn and do evil, God will throw you and your king away, like dirt swept out with a broom.”

Ezekiel 34:23

Then I will put one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

Jeremiah 33:21

then you could change my agreement with David and Levi. Then descendants from David would not be the kings, and the family of Levi would not be priests.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “The Lord left you and is now your enemy, so why are you asking me for advice?

Acts 13:36

“David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

1 Chronicles 2:12

Boaz was Obed’s father. Obed was Jesse’s father.