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Selected Verse: Psalms 78:70 - Strong Concordance

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Ps 78:70 Strong Concordance He chose [0977] David [01732] also his servant [05650], and took [03947] him from the sheepfolds [04356] [06629]:
  King James He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
God's sovereignty was illustrated in this choice. The contrast is striking--humility and exaltation--and the correspondence is beautiful.
 
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8 Now therefore so shalt thou say [0559] unto my servant [05650] David [01732], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I took [03947] thee from the sheepcote [05116], from following [0310] the sheep [06629], to be ruler [05057] over my people [05971], over Israel [03478]:
11 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Are here all [08552] thy children [05288]? And he said [0559], There remaineth [07604] yet the youngest [06996], and, behold, he keepeth [07462] the sheep [06629]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Send [07971] and fetch [03947] him: for we will not sit down [05437] till he come [0935] hither [06311].
11 And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Are here all [08552] thy children [05288]? And he said [0559], There remaineth [07604] yet the youngest [06996], and, behold, he keepeth [07462] the sheep [06629]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Jesse [03448], Send [07971] and fetch [03947] him: for we will not sit down [05437] till he come [0935] hither [06311].