4 Bible Verses about God's Election Of David

He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;

From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.