2 Samuel 23:2

New International Version

“The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

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My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’

For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.